Flight Controls Engineer (R4815)

Shield AI · Seattle

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Company
Shield AI
Location
Seattle
Employment type
Full-time
Posted
April 15, 2026

About this job

In this role, you will design, implement, and flight-test autonomous shipboard recovery guidance for XBAT, with an emphasis on precision recovery to a moving ship in GPS-degraded and GPS-denied environments. Working within an established G&C team, you will own recovery guidance algorithms and their integration with relative navigation, flight controls, and recovery hardware. We are seeking someone with direct experience taking shipboard recovery guidance from algorithm development through implementation and flight testing. What you'll do: Design and implement ship-relative guidance for approach, station keeping, alignment, and terminal recovery.…

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