3 months ago
Base Salary
$195k - $293k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead technical execution and direction for major autonomy capabilities across multiple engineering teams.
- Develop, integrate, validate, and field autonomy software for launched-effect platforms, including autopilot integration, payload systems, executive autonomy, and multi-agent coordination.
- Coordinate integration with autonomy, perception, feature, autopilot vendor, C2 provider, contractor, and customer partners.
- Lead design reviews, architecture decisions, interface control documentation, and repeatable integration practices.
- Drive mission readiness, release planning, hardware/software compatibility, and operational readiness for fleet-scale deployments.
- Provide technical leadership during flight tests, customer demonstrations, range exercises, and operational deployments.
- Perform root-cause analysis across autonomy software, payload computers, embedded systems, networking, and platform interfaces.
- Analyze mission data, reproduce issues, coordinate corrective actions, and improve future releases.
- Build tools, automation, and processes that improve deployment velocity, mission reliability, developer productivity, and integration efficiency.
- Drive command-and-control interoperability and support compliance with open-systems standards.
- 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 7+ years of relevant experience.
- Expert C++ and Linux development experience.
- Experience leading complex autonomy or embedded software integration efforts.
- Experience influencing technical direction across multiple engineering teams.
- Experience supporting operational test events or customer deployments.
- Ability to obtain a SECRET clearance.
- Preferred experience with launched effects or distributed autonomous systems.
- Preferred experience integrating PX4, ArduPilot, or custom autopilot solutions.
- Preferred experience with fleet-scale autonomous operations and disconnected or air-gapped deployments.
- Preferred experience mentoring engineers and leading technical initiatives.
- Preferred experience with UCI, OMS, MOSA, WOSA, or TAK/CoT.
Benefits
- Full-time regular employee package includes pay within the listed range, bonus, benefits, and equity.
- Temporary employee package includes pay within the listed range and temporary benefits applicable after 60 days of employment.
- Offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check.
- The role typically requires 10–20% travel.
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.