Senior Autonomy Software Engineer — Multi-Domain Robotics

Shield; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking a senior software engineer to develop tactical autonomy software for unmanned platforms across air, land, sea, and space with limited supervision. You will implement multi-agent coordination, target engagement, reconnaissance, and survivability within complex environments.

You will collaborate with senior engineers to design and integrate scalable software components across sensor processing, state estimation, communications, and actuation, while supporting reusable

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in CS, AE, EE, robotics, ME, or a related field.
• Proficient in production-level C++ software development.
• 5+ years in software subsystems, motion planning, or flight controls.

Responsibilities

• Develop tactical autonomy software for unmanned platforms across air, land, sea, and space with limited human supervision.
• Implement and test multi-agent coordination, target engagement, reconnaissance, and survivability in contested scenarios.
• Collaborate across requirements, design, implementation, verification, and validation following engineering practices.
• Contribute to scalable, maintainable software components that integrate with sensor processing, state estimation, communications, and actuation.
• Support reuse and extensibility by contributing to shared frameworks and codebases.
• Travel up to 20% for integration, testing, and collaboration with end-users and partner teams.

Skills

C++ development

problem solving

team collaboration

security clearance

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS/Engineering/Robotics

Tools

ROS/OMPL

Version control tools

Job description

Shield AI is seeking a senior software engineer to develop tactical autonomy software for unmanned platforms across air, land, sea, and space with limited supervision. You will implement multi-agent coordination, target engagement, reconnaissance, and survivability within complex environments.

You will collaborate with senior engineers to design and integrate scalable software components across sensor processing, state estimation, communications, and actuation, while supporting reusable