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Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5208)

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

2026-07-21T19:34:11.163+00:00

Shield AI is hiring a staff software engineer to lead technical delivery of autonomy for the V-BAT unmanned aircraft and the in-development X-BAT. The work covers platform integration, mission autonomy and operational deployment: defining flight-autonomy interfaces, integrating payloads and getting software ready for customer releases. The role sits in the Autonomous Pilot Integration team for expeditionary platforms and partners with perception, motion planning, ground control and aircraft groups. The posting asks for deep technical expertise, systems thinking, mentoring and work on hardware for U.S. and international defense customers.