4 months ago
Boston, MA, USA +3 moreMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$132k - $198k/yr
Responsibilities
- Implement tactical autonomy software features for unmanned platforms operating across air, land, sea, and space domains.
- Develop and test behaviors for coordination, target engagement, reconnaissance, and survivability in contested scenarios.
- Perform implementation, testing, debugging, verification, validation, and software integration activities.
- Collaborate with senior engineers and cross-functional teams to integrate components with sensor processing, communications, actuation, and broader system elements.
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code and support integration across simulation and real-world environments.
- Understand requirements, deliver features, build expertise in autonomy and robotics systems, and provide guidance to more junior engineers over time.
- Travel up to 20% for testing, integration, and collaboration with partner teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
- Production-level C++ software development experience.
- 2–3 years of experience in software subsystem scheduling and integration, behavior planning, task and resource allocation, motion planning, optimization, or flight controls.
- Experience with collaborative software development tools for version control, issue tracking, code reviews, and release management.
- Ability to contribute to the design, development, and integration of complex software systems on multidisciplinary teams.
- Preferred experience includes military mission-system delivery, mission-system integration, robotics software tools, simulation environments, navigation or communications systems, systems engineering, and high-assurance or safety-critical software such as DO-178C.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
Benefits
- Full-time employees are offered bonus, benefits, and equity in addition to pay within the listed range.
- Temporary employees receive a temporary benefits package applicable after 60 days of employment.
- The role is a full-time regular employee position, with up to 20% travel and offers 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.