Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration (R5208)

Roboticsconnected; Washington (District of Columbia); In loco; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Shield AI seeks Autonomous Pilot Integration engineers to build autonomy software for unmanned platforms across air, maritime, space, and effects/expendables. You will write new autonomy code—mission behaviors and multi-agent coordination—and own it end-to-end from software-in-the-loop to field testing.

As a technical leader, you will mentor mid-level engineers, lead a small feature crew through design, integration and delivery, and collaborate with external platform integrators to ensure

Competenze

• Experience writing autonomy software for unmanned platforms is a plus.
• Proven ability to lead a small engineering team.

Mansioni

• Write autonomy code such as mission behaviors and multi-agent coordination.
• Lead a small feature crew through design, integration and delivery.
• Mentor mid-level engineers and collaborate with external platform integrators.

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.

The Autonomous Pilot Integration team builds autonomy solutions for a wide range of CONOPs and mission sets. We combine capabilities from the Autonomy Capabilities team (motion planning, tactics), the Perception team (e.g., track fusion), and the HivemindSDK to develop the autonomy software that runs on an unmanned platform — air, maritime, space, or effects/expendables, depending on the program — then integrate, validate, and field it on the real hardware. In this role, you'll write new autonomy code — such as mission behaviors, platform-specific control, multi-agent coordination, contingencies, and executive autonomy — and own it end-to-end from software-in-the-loop, to hardware-in-the-loop, to vehicle-in-the-loop, to live test exercise. You'll partner closely with the Autonomy Capabilities and Perception teams, feature crews, and external platform integrators (vehicle/autopilot control vendors, C2 providers). It's a hands-on role for engineers who like seeing their code operate in the real world — whether that's flying, sailing, orbiting, or downrange — and want to be there when it does.

At this level, you'll also serve as a technical leader within the team — leading a small feature crew or sub-program through design, integration, and delivery, mentoring mid-level engineers, and representing the team directly to capability teams and external partners.

Shield AI is committed to developing cutting-edge autonomy for unmanned platforms across every operating domain — air, maritime, space, and effects/expendables — in service of the U.S. Department of Defense and our international defense customers. Our Autonomous Pilot Integration engineers bridge the gap between R&D and deployment, ensuring autonomous systems function reliably and effectively wherever and whenever they're needed most.