3 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
Shield AI builds autonomous systems for military and national security customers, combining its Hivemind autonomy software with V-BAT and X-BAT unmanned aircraft and Aechelon simulation technologies. The privately held company sells hardware, software, and related services to U.S. and allied defense agencies. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Diego, it operates across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, and its technology is used in operational deployments.