# Software Engineer II, Autonomy Behaviors (R4587)

**Company**: Shield AI
**Location**: Boston, MA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: USD 131,921-197,881 per-year-salary
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Shield AI is seeking a Software Engineer II to join the Autonomy Capabilities team. The engineer will help build and test autonomy behaviors for unmanned systems, working closely with experienced engineers.

### Responsibilities

- Implement tactical autonomy software features for unmanned platforms across air, land, sea, and space domains.

- Develop and test behaviors supporting coordination, target engagement, reconnaissance, and survivability in contested scenarios.

- Participate in the software development lifecycle, including implementation, testing, debugging, and verification and validation efforts.

- Collaborate with senior engineers to integrate software components with broader system elements.

- Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code following established engineering standards.

- Support integration and testing across simulation and real-world environments.

- Work with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and support successful feature delivery.

- Continue building expertise in software engineering, autonomy, and robotics systems.

- Travel up to 20% to support testing, integration, and collaboration with partner teams.

### Requirements

- BS in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.

- Experience in production-level C++ software development.

- 2-3 years of experience in software sub-system 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, release management.

- Ability to contribute to the design, development, and integration of complex software systems as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

- Demonstrated problem-solving skills and ability to learn new technologies in a fast-paced environment.

- Willingness to collaborate closely with teammates and support team objectives.

- Interest in growing technical skills and, over time, providing guidance to more junior engineers.

- Desire to work in a highly collaborative, fast-paced, and mission-driven environment.

- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

### Preferred Qualifications

- Exposure to systems operating at different technology readiness levels (TRLs).

- Experience in the delivery of a military mission system.

- Familiarity with mission systems integration concepts, testing, or demonstrations.

- Experience in motion planning, behavior planning, or multi-agent coordination.

- Exposure to autonomy, control, or decision-making systems.

- Familiarity with robotic software tools (e.g., ROS, OMPL).

- Experience using simulation environments for development or testing.

- Basic understanding of navigation and/or communications systems.

- Awareness of the software or systems development lifecycle.

- Familiarity with systems engineering fundamentals.

- Exposure to high-assurance or safety-critical software concepts.

## Skills

### Required
- C++ software development
- software sub-system scheduling and integration
- behavior planning
- task and resource allocation
- motion planning
- optimization
- flight controls
- collaborative software development tools

### Nice to have
- systems operating at different technology readiness levels (TRLs)
- military mission system delivery
- mission systems integration concepts
- testing or demonstrations
- multi-agent coordination
- autonomy
- control
- decision-making systems
- robotic software tools
- simulation environments
- navigation systems
- communications systems
- software or systems development lifecycle
- systems engineering fundamentals
- high-assurance or safety-critical software concepts

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