Samira Virani

Senior Manager, System Test at Shield AI

Samira Virani is a highly experienced aerospace engineer currently serving as a Senior Staff Aircraft Systems Test Engineer at Shield AI, a position held since August 2023. Prior to this role, Samira worked at Northrop Grumman as Manager Systems Engineering 2 from January to July 2023 and held multiple leadership positions at Farcast, Inc. from June 2020 to December 2022, including VP of Test & Development and Director of Flight Test & Evaluation. Samira's career includes significant contributions as Lead Test Engineer & Test Lab Manager at Divergent and as a Flight Test Engineer at Virgin Galactic. With an educational background that includes a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, as well as a degree in Operational Test & Evaluation from the National Test Pilot School, Samira brings extensive expertise in aircraft systems testing and development.

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Dallas, United States

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Shield AI

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Shield AI builds self-driving technology that enables swarms of unmanned systems to operate on the edge without GPS, communications, or remote pilots. Further, by applying reinforcement learning to scalable simulations, Shield AI trains unmanned systems to learn new tactics and behaviors to autonomously accomplish new missions ranging from clearance operations with SUAS to breaching integrated air defense systems with Group 2-5 UAS.


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