Lead Flight Controls Engineer for VTOL & Autonomy (Equity)

Shield AI seeks a senior flight controls engineer to own the XBAT flight control system, delivering stable, robust performance across vertical takeoff, hover, wing-borne flight, and precision recovery. You will lead high-fidelity 6DOF simulations, define verification plans including Monte Carlo analyses, and resolve simulation-to-flight discrepancies while integrating with propulsion, sensors, and state estimation. A US security clearance is required or obtainable.