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Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Behaviors (R4588)

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

Boston, Massachusetts

Status

Open

Posted

2026-04-29T20:09:08.196+00:00

Shield AI seeks a staff software engineer for its Autonomy Capabilities Team in Boston, on-site. The team builds autonomy for single- and multi-agent platform teams, covering control laws, motion planning, tactical behaviors, and multi-agent coordination across air, sea, and space domains. The engineer blends control-system methods with optimization, then integrates solutions into real platforms for near-term program use. The posting asks for fundamentals such as aircraft kinematics, trajectory design, information fusion, and efficient algorithms, plus software integration skills like threading and interface management.