Principal Engineer, State Estimation (R4602)

Shield AI

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior engineers with aerospace navigation experience who implement safety-critical systems in GPS-denied environments.

Best fit for

Senior engineers who have architected navigation systems for aerospace platforms.
— “design, develop, and support the deployment of safety-critical navigation solutions for aerospace platforms”
Experts in state estimation theory with production-grade software implementation skills.
— “deep expertise in state estimation theory, extensive practical experience implementing ownship navigation systems”
Developers comfortable extending navigation architectures beyond traditional GNSS/IMU fusion.
— “unified navigation architecture that supports traditional GNSS/IMU fusion while being extensible to all-source navigation strategies”

Things to consider

Requires implementing solutions for GPS-degraded and denied operational environments.
— “GPS-degraded and denied environments”
Navigation solutions must meet safety-critical aerospace standards.
— “safety-critical navigation solutions for aerospace platforms”

How to stand out

Demonstrate specific examples of all-source navigation implementations beyond GNSS.
— “extensible to all-source navigation strategies incorporating diverse sensing modalities”
Show aerospace deployment experience with metrics on system reliability.
— “support the deployment of safety-critical navigation solutions for aerospace platforms”
Highlight architecture design skills for unified navigation systems.
— “design and implement a unified navigation architecture”

Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Principal

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

Designed and implemented state estimation algorithms
Supported deployment of navigation solutions

Typical background

Aerospace engineeringSoftware engineeringState estimation

Skills & requirements

Required

State EstimationNavigation SystemsAerospaceSafety-critical SystemsSoftware Development

Preferred

Gnss/imu FusionAll-source NavigationGps-degraded Environments

Stack & domain

State Estimation TheoryNavigation SystemsSoftware DevelopmentAerospaceNavigation

About the role

Original posting from Shield AI via Lever

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the 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:
We are looking for an experienced state estimation engineer to design, develop, and support the deployment of safety-critical navigation solutions for aerospace platforms. This role requires deep expertise in state estimation theory, extensive practical experience implementing ownship navigation systems in the aerospace domain, and strong software development skills for production-quality navigation code. The engineer will design and implement a unified navigation architecture that supports traditional GNSS/IMU fusion while being extensible to all-source navigation strategies incorporating diverse sensing modalities for GPS-degraded and denied environments.

Source: Shield AI careers (Lever)