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Autonomy Engineer- Behavior and Motion Planning (R6007)

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

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Company

Shield AI

Location

San Diego, California

Status

Open

Posted

2026-09-16T16:12:03.707+00:00

Shield AI's Pilot team builds autonomy software for intelligent systems operating in uncertain, dynamic environments. This role sits on the Behavior and Motion planning team, developing, deploying and optimizing path planning algorithms for autonomous systems in complex, real-world settings, and contributing to the Hivemind SDK. Duties include technical requirements, test plans and algorithm performance validation. The posting names robotics, motion planning, optimization and real-time autonomous systems. It says engineers are hired across multiple experience levels, with scope calibrated to experience: from validating defined components to owning capabilities, shaping architecture and mentoring.