Staff Engineer; Modeling & Simulation

Requirements

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Aerospace, Robotics, or related field
• 7+ years of experience in simulation software development, with emphasis on modern C++ (C++17 or later) and performance optimization
• Strong understanding of rigid-body dynamics, kinematics, aerodynamics, and sensor mechanics
• Proven experience developing or integrating simulation systems for robotics, aerospace, and/or autonomous systems
• Ability to debug complex build and runtime environments (CMake, package management, logging, and profiling tools)
• Experience with software testing tools (GTest, etc.)
• Experience with simulation V&V
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across software, hardware, and systems disciplines
• (Desirable) Grasp of real-time and deterministic software design, including multi-threading, synchronization, and memory management
• (Desirable) Experience with Dev Ops-integrated simulation workflows, including CI/CD and automated hardware testing environments
• (Desirable) Working knowledge of Python for data analysis, test automation, or simulation orchestration
• (Desirable) Familiarity with aircraft and flight physics modeling

• 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
• 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
• Collaborate across autonomy, embedded, GNC, and test engineering to ensure the simulation mirrors real aircraft behavior and mission scenarios
• Contribute to platform-agnostic simulation tooling to accelerate current and future aircraft design and development efforts
• Perform verification and validation (V&V) analysis activities on modeling tools
• Conduct system performance analysis and generate reports and visualizations
• Utilize best practices in C++, simulation architecture, and performance engineering