Role Details

Location

Dallas, Texas

Salary (est. USD)

~$140K - $220K (est. USD)

Estimated based on role seniority, company stage (Series F), and industry benchmarks. Actual compensation may vary.

How is this calculated?

Seniority band Senior / Lead

Base range $140K – $220K

Based on Web3 & AI industry compensation data. Seniority is inferred from role title keywords. Company stage affects ranges: early-stage (−15%), late-stage/public (+10%).

Department

Software

Type

Full-time

Vertical

Robotics

Posted

1 week ago

Hiring Manager

Best Guess

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Shield AI is building autonomous aircraft that push the limits of aviation. The Software Integration & Operations (SIO) team builds and sustains the release systems that make safe, rapid, and repeatable deployment of aircraft software possible.

As a Simulation Application Engineer, you will be responsible for improving and adding to our operator training tool interface and architecture to bring about a seamless training experience that translates into expert real world use. You and your software will directly ensure our operators always the tools needed to train in simulation before embarking on their missions; in the classroom or in the field.

What You'll Do

Perform generalist backend development for our operator training platform (OTT)

Work with our training team to align on designs that bring about the best user experience and our internal engineering teams to support their development.

Build out containers and integrate with other software applications to make the simplest workflows as possible on Linux and Windows.

Design and develop automated testing strategies to ensure reliability of the operator training platform.

Perform DevOps for deployment, testing, containerization, and ongoing support of the OTT using both Windows and Linux

Optimize performance and scalability of the simulation application to support complex training scenarios and multiple concurrent users.

Rapidly prototype and evaluate new technologies to keep the training system at the cutting edge.