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Founded 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 nine 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.
We’re hiring a technical leader to own weapons integration for our next-generation aircraft. This role will own the end-to-end technical direction for integrating kinetic weapons and air-launched effects into the aircraft and mission systems architecture — from architecture definition and vendor coordination through verification, flight test, and certification. If you take pride in extreme ownership, authoritative technical decisions, and mentoring cross-functional teams to deliver safe, mission-ready systems, we want to talk to you.
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
- Lead the integration of kinetic weapons and air-launched effects into the aircraft and mission systems architecture, ensuring compatibility across physical, electrical, and logical interfaces.
- Act as the weapon subject matter expert (SME), aligning weapon capability with CONOPS, mission profiles, and operational analysis.
- Define, own, and verify the Stores Management System (SMS) architecture — including weapon control logic, release sequencing, safety interlocks, and fault handling.
- Set technical direction and make architecture decisions for weapon control software, separation modeling, and release-envelope definition. Provide clear, defensible tradeoffs and drive alignment across stakeholders.
- Produce and maintain Interface Control Documents (ICDs), software requirements, and integration plans in collaboration with internal avionics, flight controls, software, aerodynamics, and structures teams.
- Coordinate closely with weapon vendors and external suppliers to define integration requirements, prove compatibility, and manage change.
- Develop detailed test and certification plans; lead planning and execution of captive-carry, safe-separation, and live-fire test campaigns with government and contractor ranges.
- Define and analyze payload-bay fall-lines, separation dynamics, and release envelopes using physics-based models and verification tools.
- Own compliance with safety, performance, and mission effectiveness requirements; shepherd the weapon integration lifecycle from concept through flight certification.
- Mentor engineers, drive best practices for safety and verification, and champion a culture of extreme ownership and technical excellence.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Proven experience integrating kinetic weapons or air-launched effects into aircraft or unmanned systems (stores management, release systems, or equivalent).
- Deep understanding of Stores Management Systems (SMS), release sequencing, weapon control logic, and safety interlocks.
- Experience producing and negotiating Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and defining software/hardware interfaces.
- Demonstrated experience with separation modeling, release envelope definition, and payload bay fall-line analysis.
- Hands-on experience planning and executing flight test campaigns (captive-carry, safe separation, live fire) and writing test/certification plans.
- Strong systems engineering skills and experience working cross-functionally with avionics, flight controls, aerodynamics, software, and suppliers.
- Track record of making technical decisions, setting direction, and taking full ownership of technical programs.
- Excellent written and verbal communication — able to represent technical positions to internal leadership, external partners, and government stakeholders.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Prior experience with military product certification processes and government test ranges.
- Background in modelling & simulation tools for separation analysis (e.g., CFD, multibody dynamics, custom separation tools).
- Experience with EW, weapon fuzing/safety standards, or live-fire certification standards.
- Active or prior security clearance, or ability to obtain one.
Full-time regular employee offer package:
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Temporary employee offer package:
Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)
Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.
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