Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5193)
Shield AI · Flight System Integration
- Location
- Washington, D.C. · Boston, Massachusetts · San Diego, California · Dallas, Texas
- Metro
- Washington, DC, Boston, San Diego, Dallas–Fort Worth
- Workplace
- On-site
- Level
- Staff+
- Type
- Full-time
- Pay
- $234K–$351K/yr (published by employer)
- Posted
- 3 months ago
- Source
- Lever
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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
In this role, you'll own the technical direction for the Expeditionary portfolio, driving the evolution of autonomy architecture across V-BAT and X-BAT while ensuring scalable, mission-ready solutions that support current operators and future platforms.…
What You'll Do
Technical Strategy & Portfolio Leadership – Define and drive the long-term technical direction for Expeditionary autonomy across V-BAT, X-BAT, and future platforms. Develop & Field Autonomy – Guide development of mission autonomy, payload integration,…
What You'll Do
Hiring & Developing Technical Talent – Define the technical hiring bar for senior engineering roles, partner with engineering managers on long-term staffing strategy, and help grow the organization's technical capabilities. Travel Requirement – Members of…
Required Qualifications
BS/MS in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent experience. 10+ years of relevant experience. Expert-level C++ and Linux systems development experience. Demonstrated experience defining technical strategy across multiple engineering teams or…
Preferred Qualifications
Extensive experience with Group 3 UAS, VTOL platforms, or comparable autonomous systems. Experience defining flight-autonomy interfaces or custom autopilot integrations. Experience deploying autonomy to operational military systems. Experience with…
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