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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5193)

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

2026-07-21T19:37:07.227+00:00

Shield AI is hiring a Senior Staff Software Engineer for its Autonomous Pilot Integration team for expeditionary platforms in Washington, D.C. The role sets technical direction for the Expeditionary portfolio, evolving autonomy architecture across V-BAT and X-BAT. Responsibilities include mission behaviors, platform interfaces, payload integration, executive autonomy, multi-agent operations, and integration, validation, and fielding on real hardware. The posting names collaboration with aircraft, autonomy capabilities, perception, GCS, strategic systems, engineering leadership, customer/program offices, and operational users. It cites autonomy software, motion planning, tactics, perception including ViDAR and ATR, and HivemindSDK.