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Staff Engineer, AI Factory (R5276)

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

2026-07-01T00:24:08.01+00:00

Shield AI's HMS Factory Team needs a staff software engineer to build and maintain the test and analysis tooling that lets autonomy developers verify AI Pilot behaviors. The work covers Python analytics libraries, custom wrappers around the HMP Forge test orchestrator, scenario generation through domain randomization, and distributed batch-testing. The person also handles build-system problems: dependency migrations and artifact and source mirroring across isolated GovCloud and commercial networks. The posting is onsite in Washington, D.C., states no salary, and lists no visa or relocation support.