Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration (R5200)
Shield AI · Flight System Integration
- Location
- Washington, D.C. · San Diego, California · Boston, Massachusetts
- Metro
- Washington, DC, San Diego, Boston
- Workplace
- On-site
- Level
- Senior
- Type
- Full-time
- Pay
- $163K–$245K/yr (published by employer)
- Posted
- 5 months ago
- Source
- Lever
Read the full posting & apply ↗
What the posting covers
About the company
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 synthetic reality…
About the company
Shield AI is committed to developing cutting-edge autonomy for unmanned platforms across every operating domain — air, maritime, space, and effects/expendables — in service of the U.S. Department of Defense and our international defense customers. Our…
What You'll Do
Develop & Field Autonomy — Develop & integrate autonomy software solutions onto unmanned platforms (air, maritime, space, or effects/expendables), including payload computer bring-up, container-based deployment (e.g., k3s/k3d), and configuration across…
What You'll Do
C2 Interoperability & Standards — Implement and validate compliance with command-and-control standards (e.g., A-GRA, UCI, OMS) and coordinate with C2 providers on interface contracts and integration milestones. Travel Requirement – Members of this team…
Required Qualifications
BS/MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and/or similar degree, or equivalent practical experience Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 4 years and…
Preferred Qualifications
Direct experience supporting uncrewed systems (air, maritime, space, ground, or effects/expendables) or similar field test campaigns. Proficiency in Python for scripting, automation, and analysis. Familiarity with autonomy stacks, motion planning, or…
Excerpts only. The employer’s page has the complete posting.