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Staff Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Maritime (R5325)

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

2026-08-26T16:06:13.22+00:00

Shield AI is hiring a staff engineer for its Autonomy Capabilities Team, working on-site in Washington, D.C. The role spans the command-and-control stack: control laws, motion planning, tactical behaviors and multi-agent coordination across air, sea and space platforms. The posting asks for strength in fundamentals such as aircraft kinematics, trajectory design, optimization and information fusion, alongside software integration skills like structures, protocols, threading and interface management. Solutions are meant to reach real platforms with near-term program impact, so the team values rigorous implementation as much as theory.