Staff Engineer Autonomy Behaviors
Shield AI is a U.S. defense-technology company developing mission-autonomy software and autonomous aircraft for military and allied operations.
Funding history
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About Shield AI
Founded in 2015, Shield AI builds Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft for operations in contested, GPS- and communications-denied environments. Its current site also presents Aechelon synthetic-reality simulation and Vision Systems detection and tracking products.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will develop and test tactical autonomy behaviors for unmanned platforms. You will work across the software lifecycle, architect scalable behavior subsystems, guide technical direction, coordinate with integration partners and operational experts, mentor engineers, and support end-user deployments.
Requirements
- Computer science, aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, robotics, mechanical engineering, or related degree
- Production-level C++ software development proficiency
- 7+ years of experience in software subsystem scheduling and integration, behavior planning, task and resource allocation, motion planning, optimization, or flight controls
- Experience with version control, issue tracking, code review, and release-management tools
- Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage full project lifecycles
- Ability to act as technical owner for a software system, including requirements, roadmap, design, implementation, sustainment, and evolution
Responsibilities
- Develop tactical autonomy software for complex missions across air, land, sea, and space domains
- Implement and test behaviors for multi-agent coordination, target engagement, reconnaissance, and survivability
- Deliver software from requirements capture through design, implementation, verification, and validation
- Develop reusable behavior capabilities across projects and portfolios
- Architect scalable behavior software subsystems
- Coordinate interface requirements with external systems and vehicle-integration functions
- Represent software engineering in multi-stakeholder environments
- Lead multidisciplinary teams, set technical direction, and manage projects through deployment
- Mentor junior engineers
- Travel to co-locate with end users or other teams up to 20% of the time
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Equity
- International premium
- Hardship differential
- Cost-of-living differential
- Living quarters allowance
- Foreign service transfer allowance
- International benefits
- Visa assistance
- Relocation assistance