Staff Software Engineer Autonomy Capabilities
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 design, implement, test, and deploy autonomy software for unmanned aircraft. You will create behavior architectures, integrate planning and decision-making capabilities, use machine-learning methods alongside classical autonomy, analyze mission data, collaborate across disciplines, and support field testing and program needs.
Requirements
- Degree in computer science, aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, robotics, mechanical engineering, or a related field
- Production-level C++ software development proficiency
- At least 7 years of experience in software 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 projects from concept to deployment
- Ability to mentor junior team members
- Ability to own a software system, including stakeholder engagement, requirements, roadmap, design, implementation, and sustainment
- Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret clearance
Responsibilities
- Design tactical autonomy algorithms for unmanned aircraft
- Develop high-performance planning, decision-making, and behavior-execution software
- Implement and test multi-agent behavior architectures
- Integrate classical autonomy with machine-learning methods
- Collaborate with perception, planning, simulation, hardware, and flight-test functions
- Deploy capabilities and validate them through field tests and flight demonstrations
- Analyze mission logs and performance data
- Research and prototype algorithms for autonomy roadmaps
- Adapt autonomy solutions to program, compliance, and operational needs
- Travel to offices, customer sites, and flight integration events
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Equity