Lead the design, integration, and management of IT business applications for shopfloor operations, including MES, CVT, and Vision AI solutions, while overseeing backend services, database solutions, and multi-plant deployments.
Responsibilities
Lead the applications design and integration with shopfloor machines using Ignition IIOT and SCADA
Lead the integration architecture of Vision AI solutions for shopfloor applications
Lead and manage the implementation of validation frameworks to enforce correct component usage
Lead and manage the implementation of technology solutions for shopfloor operations, including MES and CVT
Oversee development and maintenance of backend services using .NET technologies and REST APIs
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or related field
Lead the verification and validation of autonomy, mission‑oriented, avionics software for Shield AI’s next‑gen aircraft systems, designing scalable, automated test infrastructure and enabling rapid, safe deployment of software to flight operations.
Compensation
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Responsibilities
Build a world class software and system test infrastructure for rapid software deployments
Own end‑to‑end system test strategy for software‑in‑the‑loop, hardware‑in‑the‑loop, and vehicle‑in‑the‑loop environments—scaling them for continuous integration and rapid release cycles
Design and implement mission‑critical system test cases validating autonomous behaviors, requirements compliance, and operational edge cases across nominal, safety‑critical, and degraded conditions
Coordinate and execute flight test and software release campaigns, working cross‑functionally with autonomy, embedded systems, flight ops, and safety engineering teams
Requirements
BS or MS in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or related field
Nice to have: testing unmanned aircraft systems
Nice to have: knowledge of DO‑178C, MIL‑STD‑882, STANAG
Nice to have: simulation tools such as Gazebo, Isaac, ROS/ROS2
Nice to have: continuous integration systems such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, Buildkite
Skills
Senior Staff Engineer, Operations Analysis
f7d8749a-72d6-407c-bf98-292ea630c73a · Posted Nov 9, 2026
Lead operational analysis for Shield AI’s autonomous aircraft systems, driving modeling, simulation, and mission impact assessments to inform product decisions and stakeholder engagement.
Compensation
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Responsibilities
Plan, own and execute operational analyses to assess the effectiveness of autonomous systems in representative military scenarios.
Develop and run modeling, simulation, and wargaming analyses to evaluate system performance, mission impact, and survivability in contested environments.
Collaborate with engineering teams and product managers to translate operational findings into actionable system insights.
Perform trade studies and sensitivity analyses to assess system performance across varying operational conditions, assumptions, and threat environments.
Build, modify, and analyze mission‑level models using tools such as AFSIM, STK, MATLAB, Python, or similar M&S frameworks.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering or math domain
Plan, design, document, and support physical IT infrastructure across offices, labs, manufacturing facilities, and data centers.
Compensation
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Responsibilities
Plan and design physical IT infrastructure for offices, labs, manufacturing facilities, and data centers.
Lead and support new site buildouts, office expansions and relocations, data center deployments, hardware refreshes, and infrastructure moves.
Develop rack layouts, MDF/IDF requirements, equipment placement plans, and infrastructure bills of materials.
Create and maintain accurate rack elevations, physical connectivity diagrams, equipment records, cable documentation, and DCIM data across office and data center environments.
Support capacity planning across rack space, site and data center power, cooling, cabling, and equipment growth.
Requirements
Nice to have: geographically distributed enterprise support
Nice to have: offices, engineering labs, manufacturing environments
Lead the infrastructure team responsible for enterprise systems and physical infrastructure supporting engineering, manufacturing, business, and mission‑critical environments.
Locations (4)
San Mateo, California, United States
San Diego, California, United States
Frisco, Texas, United States
Seattle, Washington, United States
Compensation
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Responsibilities
Lead, coach, and develop a distributed team of infrastructure engineers and systems administrators
Cyber Systems Support Specialist
By Light Professional IT Services LLC · Posted Nov 9, 2026
Provide advanced IT support for the Persistent Cyber Training Environment (PCTE) platform, ensuring optimal performance and alignment with customer needs.
Compensation
Based on the roles, responsibilities, and requirements, the projected pay range for this position is: $109,000 - $129,000.
Responsibilities
Monitor and maintain PCTE platform using Jira Service Manager and vSphere
Design, transition, and operate IT services
Incorporate user feedback for continuous improvement
Report on incidents and resolutions
Support virtual environments and network functions
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline such as IT, computer science, systems or software engineering
Nice to have: Experience with container-based hybrid cloud environments
Nice to have: Experience configuring and maintaining Linux based systems
Nice to have: Experience with integrated software and hardware platforms
As a State Estimation Engineer, you will play a critical role on the GNC team, contributing to the development, optimization, and deployment of advanced sensor fusion and navigation algorithms for autonomous UAV operations in dynamic and contested environments.
Compensation
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Responsibilities
Develop and implement real-time state estimation algorithms including inertial navigation, sensor fusion, and alternative navigation methods for GPS-denied or degraded environments.
Integrate data from IMUs, GNSS receivers, visual odometry, magnetometers, barometers, and radar into robust estimation frameworks.
Design sensor processing pipelines focused on accuracy, robustness, and system-level fault tolerance.
Collaborate with autonomy, software, and hardware teams to ensure end-to-end integration of navigation and PNT systems.
Conduct simulation, lab testing, and field trials to evaluate algorithm performance under real-world conditions.
Own team capacity, resource planning, hiring priorities, workload balancing, succession planning, and development of technical leaders
Own the Infrastructure strategy, roadmap, standards, operating model, and service portfolio across on‑premises, colocation, edge, lab, manufacturing, and hybrid environments
Oversee architecture, implementation, and operations for enterprise compute, virtualization, storage, backup, disaster recovery, Windows and Linux server platforms, and core infrastructure services
Provide management oversight for the infrastructure supporting Teamcenter and other mission‑critical engineering platforms