2 months ago
Base Salary
$234k - $351k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define long-term technical direction, architecture, common integration patterns, and engineering strategy for the launched-effects portfolio.
- Guide development, integration, validation, and operational deployment of mission autonomy, platform interfaces, executive autonomy, multi-agent coordination, and fleet-scale capabilities.
- Lead cross-functional architecture reviews, interface standards, ICDs, post-mortems, capability release planning, mission validation, and operational readiness.
- Collaborate with autonomy, perception, feature crews, autopilot vendors, C2 providers, customers, and engineering leadership to influence architecture across multiple programs.
- Mentor Staff and Senior engineers, develop technical leaders, contribute to engineering standards and leveling, and support senior engineering hiring.
- Provide senior technical leadership during flight tests, customer demonstrations, operator training, and operational exercises.
- Lead complex autonomy integration debugging across software, embedded systems, networking, platform interfaces, and operational environments.
- Drive mission data analysis, debriefs, engineering process improvements, testing infrastructure, integration workflows, developer experience, and mission reliability.
- Define C2 interoperability strategy and promote standards including UCI, OMS, MOSA, WOSA, and TAK/CoT.
- Travel approximately 10–20% of the year to offices, customer sites, training events, flight tests, and integration exercises.
Requirements
- BS/MS in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent practical experience.
- Typically 10+ years of relevant experience.
- Expert-level C++ and Linux systems development experience.
- Experience defining technical strategy across multiple engineering teams or programs.
- A proven record of influencing architecture and solving highly complex autonomy integration challenges.
- Experience mentoring senior engineers and driving engineering excellence across an organization.
- Ability to obtain a SECRET clearance.
- Preferred: extensive experience with launched effects, autonomous systems, or distributed robotic platforms.
- Preferred: experience with autopilot integration strategies, multi-agent autonomy architectures, fleet-scale or disconnected deployments, military operational testing, international defense customers, open architectures, and engineering practices spanning multiple teams or organizations.
Benefits
- Full-time regular employees receive pay within the listed range, bonus, benefits, and equity.
- Temporary employees receive pay within the listed range and a temporary benefits package applicable after 60 days of employment.
- Offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check.
About Shield AI
Founded in 2015, 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 technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide.