Modeling & Simulation Engineer (R4869)

Job details

Work model

On-site

Salary

$130,000 - $200,000

Location

San Diego, California; Boston, MA; Dallas, Texas

Hiring context

How this role compares at Shield AI

Shield AI has 472 live roles in MeritLog’s catalog across 12 job families, and 375 of them are in engineering. 369 of those listings publish a pay range, a disclosure rate of 78%.

This role's posted range of $130,000 - $200,000 sits above 30% of the 349 other Shield AI roles quoted over the same currency and period.

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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-BAT aircraft, 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, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.  Job Description: The Aircraft Simulation team is the nerve center of autonomy integration at Shield AI. We deploy the innovative tools, intelligent models, and streamlined processes that make it possible to evaluate complex autonomous flight algorithms at scale. Our tools are utilized in a broad range of simulation-from mission autonomy simulation to Hardware-in-the-loop, and every layer between. In an era of rapid advancement in Artificial Intelligence, our goal is simple: make AI fly-safely, reliably, and fast. As a Staff Modeling & Simulation Engineer, you will be a pivotal force in engineering Shield AI’s foundational simulation platform for our next-generation VTOL aircraft. You’ll develop our emerging simulation engine and deploy advanced aircraft models in C++ across multiple engineering domains-ranging from mathematical physics to the latest in surrogate machine learning methods. You will also utilize your multiphysics and aeronautical systems knowledge to conduct system performance analysis against test and vendor data to ensure simulation results are valid in operational scenarios, and simulation platforms are both stable and fast.

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