Senior Manager, GNC (R5627)

<div><span data-contrast="auto">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&nbsp;aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit&nbsp;</span><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://shield.ai/"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">www.shield.ai</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">. Follow Shield AI on&nbsp;</span><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/shield-ai"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">LinkedIn</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">,&nbsp;</span><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://x.com/shieldaitech"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">X</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">,&nbsp;</span><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/shield_ai"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Instagram</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">, and&nbsp;</span><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/@Shield_AI"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">YouTube</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}">&nbsp;</span></div><div><br></div><h3>Job Description:</h3> <div><span data-contrast="none">As&nbsp;manager&nbsp;of the&nbsp;Guidance and Control&nbsp;team, you will be responsible&nbsp;for&nbsp;leading&nbsp;and maintaining all of control and autonomy algorithms within the&nbsp;VBAT code base.&nbsp;&nbsp;Team responsibilities are&nbsp;full lifecycle development&nbsp;to&nbsp;include&nbsp;algorithm development,&nbsp;software design and coding,&nbsp;unit tests, component tests, flight software qualification and flight test&nbsp;support.&nbsp;During this lifecycle, the Guidance and Control&nbsp;team&nbsp;must&nbsp;negotiate&nbsp;workshare and&nbsp;integrate solutions&nbsp;tightly with the&nbsp;Hivemind team, the&nbsp;State Estimation team, the Simulation Development team, the Aerodynamics&nbsp;team and the&nbsp;Embedded&nbsp;Software team.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}">&nbsp;</span></div><h3>Required qualifications:</h3><div> <li>Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 7 years with a Master’s degree; or 5 years with a PhD.&nbsp;</li> <li>Proven track record of successfully shipping products, showcasing the ability to navigate through development cycles, overcome obstacles, and deliver high-quality solutions to meet project deadlines and exceed expectations in a fast-paced environment.&nbsp;</li> <li>Experience growing team members a creating / maintaining a high-performance team&nbsp; </li><li>Tasking with specific intent on Individual career growth plans and execution&nbsp;</li> <li>Mentoring team members on career growth&nbsp;</li> <li>Ability to identify weaknesses on the team and either train or hire to fill any capability gaps&nbsp;</li> <li>Ability to effectively negotiate work responsibility and alignment between various teams in a cross functional development environment.&nbsp;</li> <li>Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with a focus on delivering user-centric software solutions.&nbsp;</li> <li>Experience working with control systems, specifically unmanned aerial systems and/or robotics to include&nbsp; </li><li>Outer loop path planning / trajectory synthesis&nbsp;</li> <li>Integrating software in a hierarchical environment&nbsp;</li> </div><h3>Preferred qualifications:</h3><div> <li>Familiarity with continuous integration / delivery and test-driven development&nbsp;</li> <li>Software Autonomy stack architecture and development&nbsp; </li><li>Hierarchical design to decouple code responsibility to create a robust, maintainable code base&nbsp;</li> <li>Outer loop guidance algorithms for trajectory optimization&nbsp;</li> <li>Controls knowledge with experience in&nbsp; </li><li>Linear system analysis to include Gain/Phase margin analysis&nbsp;</li> <li>Pole placement / LQR algorithms&nbsp;</li> <li>Filter development and verification / validation&nbsp; </li><li>Discrete filters&nbsp;</li> <li>Kalman filters&nbsp;</li> <li>C++ and Python coding experience&nbsp;</li> </div>