Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5208)

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: $195K–$293K/yr (published by employer)
Posted: 3 months ago
Source: Lever

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 lead the technical delivery of complex autonomy capabilities spanning platform integration, mission autonomy, and operational deployment. You'll own some of the team's most challenging technical problems—from defining flight-autonomy…

What You'll Do

Lead Technical Delivery – Lead the technical execution of complex autonomy capabilities from architecture through field deployment, coordinating work across multiple engineering teams. Develop & Field Autonomy – Drive integration of mission autonomy,…

Required Qualifications

BS/MS in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent experience. 7+ years of relevant experience. Expert C++ and Linux development experience. Experience leading complex autonomy or embedded software integration efforts. Experience influencing technical…

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Group 3 UAS or VTOL aircraft. Experience with custom autopilot integration. EO/IR or ViDAR integration. Long-endurance ISR missions. Docker, ARM embedded systems, and CI/CD experience. Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical…

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