11 months ago
Dallas, TX, USASenior / Staff+
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$130k - $250k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and optimize low-latency ground control software for UAVs and autonomous platforms.
- Build client and server applications supporting telemetry processing, mission planning, and real-time control.
- Develop responsive React and TypeScript interfaces for operator workflows, spatial data, sensor feeds, and mission state.
- Collaborate with autonomy, embedded systems, backend, and UX teams on integrated field-ready solutions.
- Contribute to architecture and system designs focused on responsiveness, scalability, and fault tolerance.
- Lead development of key features or subsystems from early design through deployment and iteration.
- Write tested software and participate in peer design and code reviews.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree with 4+ years, or a PhD with 2+ years for the Senior level.
- Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years, a master’s degree with 6+ years, or a PhD with 4+ years for the Staff level.
- Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years, a master’s degree with 9+ years, or a PhD with 7+ years for the Senior Staff level.
- Experience building real-time or performance-sensitive applications, preferably for UAVs, robotics, autonomous vehicles, or simulation environments.
- Proficiency in a strongly typed language such as C#, TypeScript, Java, or C++, with exposure to lower-level systems or protocol integration.
- Experience with React, TypeScript or JavaScript, and Node.js.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals, including version control, testing, debugging, and performance profiling.
- Ability to deliver high-quality software collaboratively.
- Ability to obtain a security clearance.
- Preferred experience with GCS software, mission planning tools, or real-time visualization platforms.
- Preferred familiarity with REST, gRPC, WebSocket, custom telemetry formats, STANAG 4586, Cursor on Target, or MAVLink.
- Preferred familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, distributed systems, cloud integration, and security practices for control systems and networked applications.
Benefits
- Full-time regular employee package includes pay within the listed range, bonus, benefits, and equity.
- Offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check.
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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.