Staff Engineer, Data Analysis

Job overview

The Staff Engineer, Data Analysis role is onsite in Boston, MA, with annual pay of $150,000–$220,000. Shield AI develops intelligent systems intended to protect service members and civilians, including V-BAT aircraft and autonomy software. The engineer leads V-BAT fleet data analysis, turning flight, simulation, production, and field data into reliable metrics and engineering insight. The work supports system performance, reliability, quality, anomaly investigations, and data-informed decisions across engineering and operations teams.

What you'll do

• Lead V-BAT fleet data-analysis strategy
• improve pipelines that produce engineering metrics and reports
• study hardware quality, performance, reliability, and operational behavior
• analyze sensors, navigation, communications, and aircraft subsystems
• standardize analysis methods and documentation
• build automated Python workflows
• partner with DevOps on infrastructure and dashboards
• define metrics with cross-functional teams
• support anomaly investigations and root-cause analysis
• mentor engineers.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

staff engineer

data analysis

boston ma

shield ai

onsite

$150k–$220k/year

v-bat

python

data pipelines

flight data

aerospace

fleet analytics

reliability analysis

engineering

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Regular full-time employee package includes bonus, benefits, and equity.

Why this role

Focuses on fleet-wide analysis of real-world aircraft, flight-test, simulation, production, and quality data.

About the employer

Shield AI is hiring for this role. Industry: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). Sector: 54.