Senior Sensor Integration Engineer (R5128)

About the role

Shield AI, a defense-tech company developing aircraft and autonomy software, is looking for a Senior Sensor Integration Engineer to support the selection, characterization, calibration and integration of multi-modal navigation and localization sensors for its X-BAT State Estimation team. The role sits at the intersection of software, electrical and mechanical engineering and requires collaboration across disciplines.

Key responsibilities

• Support sensor integration from specification through production, and develop characterization and calibration procedures for IMUs, GNSS receivers, cameras and other navigation sensors
• Contribute to sensor trade studies and selection processes
• Work with electrical, mechanical and software teams on electrical interfaces, power distribution, mounting, alignment, thermal and vibration considerations, and software interfaces, drivers and data acquisition
• Take part in design reviews across EE/ME/SW and provide an interdisciplinary perspective
• Develop test plans, document sensor characteristics and integration requirements, and build or modify calibration scripts and data processing tools
• Debug issues across hardware, firmware and software boundaries, and review schematics, CAD models and code as needed

Required profile

• BS in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, Physics or a related field
• 4+ years of relevant experience
• Demonstrated ability to work across at least two of electrical, mechanical and software domains
• Ability to obtain a S//SAR level security clearance
• Preferred: experience with navigation or localization sensors, sensor calibration, embedded systems, coordinate transformations or sensor fusion, and aerospace environmental testing knowledge

Required skills

• Understanding of sensor measurement principles and error sources
• Reading electrical schematics and/or mechanical drawings
• Scripting or programming for data analysis (Python, MATLAB or similar)
• Sensor communication protocols such as SPI, I2C, UART and CAN
• Hands-on lab equipment and sensor testing