Senior Engineer, System Integration Test (R6086)

Telemetry Today LLC; San Diego, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking a System Integration Test Engineer to integrate and verify the Hivemind mission autonomy software directly on ACP flight hardware. You will bridge autonomy algorithms with aircraft systems, coordinating across Shield AI and platform vendors to validate interfaces and edge compute performance before flight testing.

You will drive integration across Software-in-the-Loop and Hardware-in-the-Loop environments in Shield AI labs and at vendor facilities, turning objectives into

Responsibilities

• Integrate and verify Hivemind software on ACP flight hardware.
• Bridge autonomy algorithms with aircraft systems across vendors.
• Verify interfaces and edge compute performance; resolve integration issues pre-flight.
• Lead SIL and HIL integrations in labs and vendor facilities.

Job description

As a System Integration Test Engineer, you will integrate and verify Shield AI's Hivemind mission autonomy software directly on Autonomous Collaborative Platform (ACP) flight hardware. You will serve as the hands-on technical bridge between autonomy algorithms and physical aircraft systems, working across Shield AI and aircraft platform vendors to verify system interfaces, validate edge compute performance, and resolve integration issues before flight testing.

You will drive integration across Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) environments, both in Shield AI's internal laboratories and on-site at platform vendor integration facilities (including SIL, HIL, and iron bird test benches). You will turn high-level program objectives into executable integration plans, schedules, and test cards, systematically uncovering interface gaps early and formulating technical solutions to close them. This is an essential, high-impact role for an engineer who excels at the intersection where complex mission software meets real aircraft avionics and hardware.