Staff Engineer, Modeling & Simulation (R4869)
Shield AI · San Diego, CA · X-BAT Division
About this role
Shield AI is hiring a senior-level Machine Learning Engineer based in San Diego, CA. The posting calls out experience with Python, C++, CI/CD, Testing. Compensation is listed at $150,000–$220,000 per-year-salary.
- Role
- Machine Learning Engineer
- Function
- machine learning
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- San Diego, CA
- Department
- X-BAT Division
- Posted
- Apr 25, 2026
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Job description
from Shield AI careersJob Description:
The Aircraft Simulation team turns frontier autonomy into mission-ready aircraft. We own the commit-to-flight pipeline—deterministic aircraft and mission simulation, HITL/SITL integration, CI/CD, and tooling for automated flight qualification testing. Our goal is simple: make AI fly—safely, reliably, and fast.
As a Staff Modeling & Simulation Engineer, you will be dedicated to Shield AI’s next-generation aircraft program, contributing to our emergent modeling & simulation tooling. You’ll design, build, and scale novel aircraft subsystem models, develop infrastructure that enables robust automated testing for our next generation XBAT product line, and conduct system performance analysis.
What you'll do:
- 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.