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Flight Controls Engineer (R4815)

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

Company

Shield AI

Location

Seattle, Washington

Status

Open

Posted

2026-04-15T22:20:33.337+00:00

This full-time, on-site role in Dallas, Texas, is a Flight Controls Engineer at Shield AI. The person will own the flight control system for XBAT and work on reliable, predictable control across all flight phases: vertical takeoff, hover, transition out-bound, wing-borne flight, transition in-bound, and precision recovery. The posting states no required qualifications, team, salary, or visa support. Its distinctive point is ownership of the whole flight control system for one aircraft.