Senior Engineer, Radar Modeling & Simulation (Dallas/San Diego) (R4537)
$105k/y-$200k/y
Shield AIa day ago
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Summary
Shield AI is seeking a Senior Engineer, Radar Modeling & Simulation to join their team in San Diego, CA. The role involves improving and adding to sensor and communications model suite for operator training and engineering pipelines.
About the Role
As a Modeling & Simulation Engineer, you will develop and enhance radar sensor models for simulation and evaluation of aeronautical vehicles. Your responsibilities include translating theoretical models into efficient C++ implementations, validating models against real-world data, collaborating with application teams, designing automated testing strategies, and documenting model assumptions and results.
About You
Required:
- BS or higher in Aerospace Engineering, Applied Math, Physics, or related field with 5+ years of aerospace modeling experience.
- C++ foundation with experience implementing numerical methods.
- Demonstrated experience with aerospace models such as Radar sensors and Radio communications systems.
- Experience validating simulations against real-world or experimental data.
- Ability to write clear documentation explaining assumptions, limitations, and expected behaviors of models.
Preferred:
- 1+ years of experience working on pilot/operator training systems.
- Experience with Eigen or SciPy for model prototyping and validation.
- Familiarity with state estimation sensor models (GPS, IMU, Gyro, etc) for simulation environments.
- Demonstrated experience with payload sensor models including Laser sensors, IR and optical cameras.
- Knowledge of uncertainty quantification and statistical analysis methods.
- Experience with parallelization or GPU acceleration for compute-heavy models.
- Strong problem-solving mindset with a collaborative and detail-oriented approach.
- Familiarity with Python for test automation and data analysis pipelines.
- Passion for aerospace and autonomous vehicle systems.
Benefits
- Competitive salary range of $105k–$200k.
- Opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology in aerospace and autonomous systems.
Shield AI
Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense technology company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With offices in San Diego, Dallas, Washington, D.C., Abu Dhabi (UAE), Kyiv (Ukraine), and Melbourne (Australia), Shield AI’s technology actively supports U.S. and allied operations worldwide.
San Diego, CA