Senior Modeling & Simulation Engineer, Flight Autonomy

Shield AI; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 105,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Equity

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Modeling & Simulation Engineer to advance its next-generation aircraft program. You will design, build, and scale novel aircraft subsystem models and develop infrastructure enabling automated testing for the X-BAT product line, performing verification and validation of simulation pipelines.

You will collaborate across autonomy, embedded, GNC, and test engineering to ensure simulations mirror real aircraft behavior and mission scenarios, and publish results for

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Aerospace, Robotics, or related field.
• 5+ years of software development experience with modern C++ (C++17+).
• Strong knowledge of rigid-body dynamics and flight mechanics.
• Experience with simulation systems for robotics, aerospace, or autonomous systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop models and infrastructure for the integrated simulation pipeline in C++.
• Design deterministic, high-performance simulation tools capable of faster-than-real-time execution for development, testing, and release.
• Implement test scenarios and write unit, system, and regression tests.
• Collaborate across autonomy, embedded, GNC, and test engineering to ensure the simulation mirrors real aircraft behavior and mission scenarios.
• Contribute to platform-agnostic simulation tooling to accelerate future development efforts
• Perform verification and validation (V&V) analysis on model tools.
• Conduct system performance analysis and generate reports and visualizations.
• Utilize best practices in C++, simulation architecture, and performance engineering.

Skills

Modern C++ (C++17+)

Performance optimization

Debugging tools

GTest

Education

BS in Computer Science

MS in Aerospace

Tools

CMake

CPM

Logging

Profiling tools

Python

Job description

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Modeling & Simulation Engineer to advance its next-generation aircraft program. You will design, build, and scale novel aircraft subsystem models and develop infrastructure enabling automated testing for the X-BAT product line, performing verification and validation of simulation pipelines.

You will collaborate across autonomy, embedded, GNC, and test engineering to ensure simulations mirror real aircraft behavior and mission scenarios, and publish results for