6 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
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.