Chief Engineer, Autonomy — Space Domain (R5150)

Roboticsconnected; Washington (District of Columbia); In loco; USD 180.000 - 260.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Shield AI seeks a Chief Engineer, Autonomy — Space Domain to define and drive the technical vision for space-domain autonomy. You will own architecture, verification, and readiness across concept, integration, test, launch/commissioning, on-orbit operations, and updates.

This leadership role focuses on delivering mission-ready autonomy systems that operate reliably in real-world conditions, including multi-orbit missions and contested environments.

Mansioni

• Owns technical vision and system architecture for space autonomy.
• Ensures verification strategy and operational readiness across the lifecycle.
• Delivers mission-ready autonomy systems for real-world operations.

Descrizione del lavoro

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.

Shield AI builds trusted autonomy for national-security space missions. The Chief Engineer, Autonomy — Space Domain is the senior technical authority responsible for defining, delivering, and sustaining autonomy capabilities that convert distributed space, ground, and payload resources into timely, decision-quality data products.

This leader owns the technical vision, system architecture, execution rigor, risk posture, verification strategy, and operational readiness of the space‑autonomy solution across its lifecycle: concept development, integration, test, launch/commissioning support where applicable, on‑orbit operations, software updates, and mission evolution. The role ensures that autonomy performs reliably across multi‑constellation and multi‑orbit mission environments, supports resilient operation in constrained or contested conditions, and delivers usable information to mission users at operational tempo.

This is not a research position. This is a position focused on delivering mission‑ready autonomy systems that perform in real-world operational environments.