Engineer II, Flight Controls - X-BAT (R4816)
Shield AI · Dallas, TX · X-BAT Division
mid
software engineering
Hardware Engineer
ic
· Posted Apr 15, 2026
$130,000 – $190,000
USD per-year-salary
Skills
About this role
Shield AI is hiring a mid-level Hardware Engineer in the software engineering function based in Dallas, TX. The posting calls out experience with Python, Git, CI/CD, Linux. Compensation is listed at $130,000–$190,000 per-year-salary.
- Role
- Hardware Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- mid
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Dallas, TX
- Department
- X-BAT Division
- Posted
- Apr 15, 2026
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Job description
from Shield AI careersFounded 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:
You will contribute to the flight control system for XBAT, with responsibility for delivering stable, predictable, and operationally robust performance across all phases of flight, including vertical takeoff, hover, transition out-bound, wing-borne flight, transition in-bound, and precision recovery.
What you'll do:
- Design and implement flight control laws and supporting logic across multiple flight regimes.
- Build and mature high-fidelity 6DOF simulation environments used for control development and ensure accurate pre-flight performance predictions
- Execute verification activities, including linear analysis, Monte Carlo campaigns, disturbance/sensitivity/degraded operation testing, and HIL validation
- Diagnose and resolve simulation-to-test mismatches, including unidentified dynamics and modeling gaps
- Support flight test operations and contribute to rapid iteration between flights
- Work closely with propulsion, aero, actuation, sensors, state estimation, and autonomy teams to ensure accurate integrated system performance in the 6DOF simulation environment.
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