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Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities (R5368)

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

San Mateo, California

Status

Open

Posted

2026-09-01T15:49:52.868+00:00

Shield AI's Autonomy Capabilities Team builds software that automates single- and multi-agent teams of platforms: advanced control laws, motion planning, tactical behaviors and multi-agent coordination across air, sea and space domains. The staff engineer blends traditional control approaches with optimization and information fusion, then integrates the results into real platforms for near-term program impact. The posting stresses both fundamentals (aircraft kinematics and dynamics, trajectory design, efficient algorithms) and software integration skills (structures, protocols, threading, interface management). Work is on-site in San Mateo, California.