Sr. Staff Engineer, GNC (R6391)

Shield AI

Seattle, WashingtonSeniorEngineeringPosted on October 24, 2026

First seen here Oct 24, 2026 · last confirmed Oct 25, 2026.

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Full description

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and 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.

You will build and lead the Guidance & Control (G&C) team for Ranger, a fully autonomous aircraft designed for conventional runway takeoff and landing. You will own the team’s technical direction, development roadmap, and project execution, delivering flight control and flight-autonomy capabilities from requirements and architecture through flight verification.

✦ Editor’s analysis Extracted from the posting text on October 24, 2026 · analysis, not source data

Shield AI is hiring a Sr. Staff Engineer, GNC to build and lead the Guidance & Control team for Ranger, a fully autonomous aircraft designed for conventional runway takeoff and landing. The role owns the team's technical direction, development roadmap, and project execution, delivering flight control and flight-autonomy capabilities from requirements and architecture through flight verification.

Must-have skills

guidance and control for autonomous aircraft
flight control capabilities delivery
flight-autonomy capabilities delivery
requirements and architecture
flight verification
technical direction and roadmap ownership

Scope & seniority

Sr. Staff Engineer building and leading the G&C team for Ranger at Shield AI

✓ Green flags

Leadership scope: build and lead the G&C team
End-to-end ownership from requirements through flight verification

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