Position:   Machine Learning Engineer

Company: Shield AI (Heron Systems)

Program:  DARPA - Air Combat Evolution

Duration:  May 2021 - August 2021

Designed and implemented a new multi-agent reinforcement learning framework to scale up the world’s first AI fighter pilot to control multiple, heterogeneous collaborative combat aircraft;

Trained prototype agents for 2 vs 2 dogfights incentivizing performance, flight safety, and human trust, thoroughly testing the integration across simulation, RL training, and visualization;

Supported Shield AI through a significant down-select cutting Lockheed Martin and Boeing, laying the groundwork for real-life flights on a modified F-16 with no human interventions.