1 month ago
Base Salary
$221k - $331k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical direction and evolution of autonomy capabilities and architectures across multiple space programs.
- Develop distributed optimization, task allocation, resource scheduling, weapons target assignment, motion planning, and collaborative behavior capabilities for space vehicles and interceptors.
- Research and prototype advanced control, planning, behavior-management, and information-aware algorithms.
- Build rigorous, high-performance software modules with clear interfaces for mid-to-high Technology Readiness Level insertions.
- Integrate autonomy capabilities with perception, planning, simulation, hardware, and flight-test teams.
- Deploy software to real space vehicles and analyze mission logs to verify performance and operational effects.
- Contribute to autonomy roadmaps by identifying capability gaps and proposing new solutions.
- Mentor engineers and decompose ambiguous customer needs into concrete technical designs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a similar field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Typically requires at least 10 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree, 9 years with a master’s degree, or 7 years with a PhD, or equivalent work experience.
- Proficiency in C++ and Python and familiarity with real-time operating systems.
- Significant experience with robotics technologies involving motion planning, behavior modeling, decision-making, or autonomous-system design.
- Significant experience with unmanned-system technologies and related algorithms, ideally in the space domain.
- Experience with simulation tools and environments such as AFSIM and NGTS.
- Strong troubleshooting, optimization, communication, teamwork, and multidisciplinary collaboration skills.
- Ability to obtain a SECRET clearance.
- Preferred qualifications include experience across multiple aerospace domains, classical control through optimization and applied ML/RL, collaborative behaviors and swarm robotics, DoD or government programs, and integration events, customer demonstrations, or live exercises.
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.
- The role typically requires 10–15% travel to office locations, customer sites, and flight-integration events.
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.