# V-BAT Network Engineer

**Company**: Shield AI
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Shield AI is seeking a V-BAT Network Engineer to design, implement, and optimize the network infrastructure for its Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), which operates in challenging environments worldwide.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

- Designing and implementing network architectures for V-BAT, ensuring high performance, reliability, and security

- Integrating V-BAT with external networks, such as ground-based radio and satellites

- Developing and maintaining communication protocols and network management systems for UAS operations

- Optimizing network performance for various mission profiles

- Developing software for networking equipment

- Collaborating with cross-functional teams

- Conducting testing and validation of network systems

- Staying current with advancements in network technologies

The ideal candidate will have:

- A Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of relevant experience, or Master's with 4+ years, or PhD with 2+ years

- Proven experience in designing, implementing, and deploying network systems for real-time applications

- Strong understanding of networking layers in the OSI model

- Knowledge of routing and switching concepts and protocols

- Proficiency in network simulation and analysis tools

- Familiarity with network programming and tools

- Experience with Linux, scripting, and command-line tools

- Experience developing C, C++, and/or Python software

- Excellent communication skills

Preferred qualifications include:

- Experience developing networks for aerospace or autonomous systems

- Expertise in network security, firewalls, and public key infrastructure

- Experience customizing, deploying, and maintaining Linux distributions created with Yocto

The salary range is not specified, but the company offers a competitive package including bonus, benefits, and equity.

## Skills

### Required
- network architecture
- network implementation
- network optimization
- communication protocols
- network management systems
- software development
- network simulation
- network analysis
- Linux
- scripting
- command-line tools
- C
- C++
- Python

### Nice to have
- aerospace networks
- autonomous systems
- network security
- firewalls
- public key infrastructure
- Yocto

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