Engineer I, Flight Test - New Grad - 6219

Roboticsconnected; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI in San Diego seeks a System Test Engineer I to support the integration, verification, and validation of Hivemind Mission Autonomy across unmanned aircraft systems. You will work with test, systems, software, autonomy, hardware, and program teams to plan and execute system-level tests.

This hands-on, early-career role offers exposure to simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, software-in-the-loop, and flight-test environments, with mentoring from senior engineers and opportunities to

Job description

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BATaircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visitwww.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI onLinkedIn,X,Instagram,andYouTube.

Job Description:

As an System Test Engineer I, you will support the integration, verification, and validation of Hivemind Mission Autonomy across a variety of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and mission applications. You will work with experienced test, systems, software, autonomy, hardware, and program teams to help prepare, execute, document, and improve system-level test activities.

This is a hands‑on engineering role for an early-career candidate interested in autonomy, robotics, unmanned systems, simulation, software‑and‑hardware integration, and flight‑test operations. You will help evaluate whether autonomy capabilities perform as intended in simulation, laboratory, hardware‑in‑the‑loop, software‑in‑the‑loop, and, when applicable, flight‑test environments.

Under the guidance of senior engineers, you will contribute to test planning, test execution, data collection, issue investigation, and technical documentation. You will also have opportunities to support integration events with internal teams, external platform partners, and customers.