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Principal Engineer, State Estimation (R4602)

Shieldai

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Apr 2, 2026

Salary
$270k – $400k/yr
Location
United States · San Diego, California · Dallas, Texas · Boston, MA · Washington, DC · Remote
Workplace
Onsite
Type
Full-time
Department
X-BAT Division
Seniority
Lead
Experience
15+ years
Education
PhD
Clearance
Required
Source
Lever

Description

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube

Job Description:

We are looking for an experienced state estimation engineer to design, develop, and support the deployment of safety-critical navigation solutions for aerospace platforms. This role requires deep expertise in state estimation theory, extensive practical experience implementing ownship navigation systems in the aerospace domain, and strong software development skills for production-quality navigation code. The engineer will design and implement a unified navigation architecture that supports traditional GNSS/IMU fusion while being extensible to all-source navigation strategies incorporating diverse sensing modalities for GPS-degraded and denied environments.

Skills

PythonMATLABCompliance

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