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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Emerging Domains (R5398)

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

Company

Shield AI

Location

Washington, D.C.

Status

Open

Posted

2026-07-21T20:03:32.918+00:00

Shield AI's Autonomous Pilot Integration group for Emerging Domains needs a senior staff software engineer to set technical direction for autonomy on new platforms — satellites, maritime USVs and UUVs, and unmanned resupply helicopters. The work is writing autonomy code: mission behaviors, platform-specific control, multi-agent coordination, contingencies and executive autonomy, owned from software-in-the-loop through hardware-in-the-loop to live test exercises. The posting asks for someone who can turn short R&D efforts into multi-year programs and work with platform teams and customer stakeholders. It is an on-site role in Washington, D.C.