Autonomy Software Engineer II | Equity & Travel

Shield; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus

Benefits

Professional growth

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking an engineer to advance autonomy software for unmanned platforms across air, land, sea, and space. You will implement, test, and integrate complex C++ systems, collaborating with sensor processing, communications, and actuation teams while traveling up to 20% for field testing.

The role emphasizes balancing theory with practical implementation and requires active U.S. Secret clearance eligibility, with a focus on robust, high-assurance software in a fast-paced, mission-driven

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, or a related field.
• Experience in production-level C++ software development.
• Ability to contribute to design, development, and integration of complex software systems.

Responsibilities

• Implement tactical autonomy software features enabling unmanned platforms across air, land, sea, and space.
• Develop and test behaviors supporting coordination, target engagement, reconnaissance, and survivability in contested scenarios.
• Participate in the software development lifecycle: implementation, testing, debugging, verification and validation.
• Collaborate with senior engineers to integrate software components with sensor processing, communications, and actuation.
• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code following established engineering standards.
• Support integration and testing across simulation and real-world environments.
• Work with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and deliver features.
• Continue building expertise in software engineering, autonomy, and robotics systems.
• Travel up to 20% for testing and collaboration.

Skills

C++

Collaboration

Problem solving

Security clearance

Learning agility

Education

BS in CS/CE/Robotics

Tools

ROS

OMPL

Git

Job description

Shield AI is seeking an engineer to advance autonomy software for unmanned platforms across air, land, sea, and space. You will implement, test, and integrate complex C++ systems, collaborating with sensor processing, communications, and actuation teams while traveling up to 20% for field testing.

The role emphasizes balancing theory with practical implementation and requires active U.S. Secret clearance eligibility, with a focus on robust, high-assurance software in a fast-paced, mission-driven