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Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Space (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

Boston, Massachusetts

Status

Open

Posted

2026-08-05T19:49:33.698+00:00

Shield AI is hiring a staff software engineer into its Autonomy Capabilities Team, which builds functionality that automates single- and multi-agent platform teams. The work spans control laws, motion planning, tactical behaviors and multi-agent coordination across air, sea and space domains, blending classical control with optimization. The posting asks for fundamentals such as aircraft kinematics, trajectory design and information fusion, plus software integration skills—threading, protocols, interface management. The role is on-site in Boston, spans many programs, and its output is expected to reach real platforms with near-term impact.