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Staff Guidance & Controls Engineer (R4763)

Hardware Live nowDallas, TX

Posted April 7, 2026

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Job facts

Company
Shield AI
Location
Dallas, TX
Role area
Hardware
Country
United States
Posted
April 7, 2026
Surfaced on AllRoles
October 20, 2026
Salary
$180,000 – $280,000/yr
Status
Live

About this role

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:  As a member of the Software Autonomy team, you will be responsible for creating and maintaining all of control and autonomy algorithms within the VBAT code base.  This is a full lifecycle development opportunity with algorithm development, software design and coding, unit tests, component tests, flight software qualification and flight test support. You will also be responsible for helping update and validate the simulation models as required. 

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Compensation

$180,000 – $280,000/yr

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