Senior Manager, Autonomy - Tactical Behaviours

This position is perfect for an individual who enjoys solving complex problems across diverse domains and modalities. As a Senior Manager, Autonomy - Tactical Behaviours, you will lead technical teams and support direct projects implementing autonomy algorithms for defence platforms.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Leading multidisciplinary teams across autonomy, integration, and testing by aligning technical efforts, resolving cross-functional challenges, and driving mission-focused execution.

• Designing tactical autonomy algorithms to enable unmanned aircraft to perform complex missions across air, land, and sea domains with minimal human supervision.

• Developing high-performance software modules that incorporate planning, decision-making, and behaviour execution strategies for dynamic and adversarial environments.

• Implementing and testing behaviour architectures that enable multi-agent coordination, target engagement, reconnaissance, and survivability in contested scenarios.

• Working at the intersection of classical autonomy and machine learning, blending rule-based systems with learning-based methods such as reinforcement learning to achieve robust, adaptive behaviour.

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams including perception, planning, simulation, hardware, and flight test to ensure seamless integration of autonomy solutions on real-world platforms.

• Deploying autonomy capabilities to real platforms and participating in field tests and flight demos, validating performance in operationally relevant conditions.

• Analyzing mission logs and performance data to diagnose failures, optimize behaviour models, and inform iterative development.

• Contributing to the autonomy roadmap by researching and prototyping new algorithms, identifying tactical capability gaps, and proposing novel solutions that advance Shield AI's mission.

• Supporting defence-focused programmes and customer needs by adapting autonomy solutions to evolving mission sets, compliance requirements, and operational feedback.

• Traveling around 10-15% of the year to different office locations, customer sites, and flight integration events.

As a Senior Manager, Autonomy - Tactical Behaviours, you will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge autonomy projects and contribute to the development of intelligent systems that will shape the future of defence and security.

If you are a motivated and experienced professional with a passion for autonomy and defence, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.