Staff Engineer, Data Analysis — V-BAT Fleet

Job overview

The Staff Engineer, Data Analysis — V-BAT Fleet role is onsite in Dallas, TX, with a stated base salary range of $150,000–$220,000 per year. Shield AI’s mission is to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. The engineer leads fleet data analysis efforts, turning aircraft, flight-test, simulation, production, and quality data into reliable metrics and actionable engineering insight. The role establishes analysis practices and tools that support system performance, reliability, production quality, and mission readiness across teams.

What you'll do

• Lead technical strategy for V-BAT fleet data analysis
• own and improve data pipelines and analysis products
• conduct fleet-wide studies of hardware quality, performance, reliability, and operational behavior
• analyze sensors, navigation, communications, and aircraft subsystems
• standardize analysis methods across Python, Jupyter, online tools, and legacy Matlab workflows
• define analysis and documentation practices
• build automated Python workflows
• partner with DevOps on pipeline and dashboard infrastructure
• support anomaly investigations, root-cause analysis, release readiness, and quality improvements
• mentor engineers.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

staff engineer

data analysis

v-bat

fleet analytics

dallas tx

shield ai

python

jupyter

matlab

flight test data

aircraft systems

$150k–$220k/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Regular employee package includes bonus, benefits, and equity.
• Benefits include paid time off, health insurance, long-term care insurance, disability insurance, and life insurance.

Why this role

The role spans fielded aircraft, flight test, simulation, production, quality, and operations workflows.

About the employer

Shield AI is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.