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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration (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

2026-06-08T15:12:45.497+00:00

Shield AI's Autonomous Pilot Integration team builds autonomy software for unmanned air, maritime, space and expendable platforms, then integrates, validates and fields it on real hardware. The engineer writes mission behaviors, platform-specific control, multi-agent coordination, contingencies and executive autonomy, owning code from software-in-the-loop through live test exercises. At senior staff level the role sets technical direction across programs, mentors engineers, and represents the team to customers and standards bodies. It is on-site in Washington, D.C. No salary or visa details are given.