Staff Engineer, Mission Systems Software (R5888)

Shield AI is seeking a Staff Engineer, Mission Systems Software to develop solutions for a real-time system environment, providing mission computing support for an autonomous aircraft with sensors and weapons. The successful candidate will work on establishing a software architecture for a real-time system operating in a multi-level environment.

Responsibilities

The role involves serving as a software mission systems engineer for a safety- and mission-critical real-time mission-computing system. Key responsibilities include:

• Defining and maintaining the end-to-end software architecture
• Architecting for deterministic real-time performance
• Developing architecture views, interface definitions, and technical decision records
• Integrating sensors, effectors, communications, and other mission-system components
• Designing for mission resilience and assurance
• Establishing engineering practices for concurrency, synchronization, and memory management
• Defining and executing verification strategies
• Maintaining technical ownership throughout the system lifecycle

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field
• 8+ years of professional software-engineering experience, including 3+ years in software architecture or technical leadership
• Experience with embedded, distributed, real-time, safety-critical, or mission-critical software systems
• Proficiency in C, C++, Rust, or another strongly typed systems-programming language
• Strong understanding of real-time software principles
• Experience with embedded operating systems, middleware, and data-distribution technologies

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing software for autonomous aircraft or aerospace and defense platforms
• Familiarity with government reference architectures and open-mission-system standards
• Experience with heterogeneous computing architectures, publish/subscribe middleware, and cybersecurity controls
• Active or previously held U.S. Department of Defense Secret clearance

Additional Information

• Salary: USD 160,000-290,000 per-year-salary
• Full-time regular employee offer package: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity