Senior Autonomy Engineer — Space & Multi-Agent Systems

Shield AI; San Diego (TX); On-site; USD 221,000 - 331,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Shield AI's Autonomy Capabilities Team focuses on space portfolio autonomy for satellites and missile defense, spanning distributed optimization, tasking, track fusion, and motion planning. You’ll build capabilities from the ground up and join early-stage programs.

In many cases, you’ll work at the cutting edge, balancing theory with practical implementation. You’ll collaborate with perception, planning, simulation, hardware, and flight-test teams, deploy autonomy capabilities to real space

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Typically requires 7–10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 9+ years with a Master’s; or 7+ with a PhD.

Responsibilities

• Use multi-objective optimization for large-scale distributed decision making, task allocation, and resource scheduling across satellite missions.
• Develop advanced autonomy capabilities for space vehicles and missile-defense applications.
• Collaborate with perception, planning, simulation, hardware, and flight-test teams to ensure seamless integration.

Skills

C++ programming

Python programming

Robotics

Unmanned systems

Space domain

Team collaboration

Education

BS/MS in CS/EE/ME/Aerospace or equivalent

Tools

AFSIM

NGTS

RTOS

Job description

Shield AI's Autonomy Capabilities Team focuses on space portfolio autonomy for satellites and missile defense, spanning distributed optimization, tasking, track fusion, and motion planning. You’ll build capabilities from the ground up and join early-stage programs.

In many cases, you’ll work at the cutting edge, balancing theory with practical implementation. You’ll collaborate with perception, planning, simulation, hardware, and flight-test teams, deploy autonomy capabilities to real space