Chief Engineer (CCA)

Join Shield AI as the Chief Engineer, where you will lead a team of engineers in developing and deploying advanced autonomy solutions for unmanned aircraft. You will be responsible for system architecture, design, development, risk mitigation, and product quality. This role offers excellent benefits, including medical coverage, mental health support, paid parental leave, and competitive compensation.

The ideal candidate has defense industry experience as a Chief Engineer and a proven track record of leading technical teams to develop and deploy autonomous systems

UK security clearance

Responsibilities

• Assurer la réussite de l'intégration de l'autonomie Hivemind dans une gamme d'avions.
• Diriger une équipe d'ingénieurs pour livrer des capacités autonomes de pointe pour des contrats commerciaux et de défense.
• Définir et assigner des objectifs techniques, prendre des décisions d'ingénierie clés et garantir la qualité de tous les livrables techniques.

Contribute to government contract proposal writing

• Understanding of software development processes and how to effectively deploy software
• Customer-facing engineering leader supporting both defense and internally funded development programs

Requirements

• 10+ years of industry experience in autonomy and/or UAS platforms (e.g., defense tech, self-driving car, etc.)
• Experience defining technical scope and managing technical requirements, product architectures, ICDs and other system level design documentation
• 7+ years of delivering software into production/certifiable environments with high-reliability
• Understanding of robotics stack (e.g., controls, estimation, perception, planning, etc.)

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering, and/or similar degree
• Demonstrate problem solving skills by applying a scientific technical approach
• Understanding of guidance, control and navigation (GNC) (e.g. controls, estimation, planning)
• Excellent leadership skills, driving a team of 6-20 engineers