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Shield AI

Engineer II, Autonomy (R5713)

Shield AI
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onsite senior International Office Entity Melbourne

First indexed 9 Sept 2026

Description

We're on the lookout for an experienced Engineer II, Autonomy to join our Hivemind Solutions team and help design, build, and deploy real-world autonomous capabilities for uncrewed systems.

This is a hands-on engineering role, blending software development with robotics, perception, and path planning. You'll be joining a high-performing team shaping the future of AI pilots for solving real-world problems.

As an Autonomy Engineer, you'll work at the intersection of artificial intelligence, task & motion planning and controls.

Responsibilities:

  • Design and implement autonomous behaviours for uncrewed aircraft.
  • Work with real sensor data and build robust sensor fusion solutions.
  • Develop and test autonomy systems in high-fidelity software and hardware in-the-loop simulations.
  • Integrate Shield AI autonomy products together with third-party aircraft and systems.
  • Collaborate across AI, robotics, and systems engineering teams to deliver integrated solutions.
  • Contribute to architecture, code quality, design reviews and best practices.
  • Lead and Mentor junior engineers

Required qualifications:

  • A tertiary level qualification in Computer Science, Mechatronics, Software Engineering, Aerospace, Robotics or a related field
  • Significant professional experience in robotics, autonomy, perception or aerospace systems
  • Strong experience in modern C++
  • Significant experience in building and delivering reliable software systems, ideally in fast-paced environments

Preferred qualifications:

  • Prior experience with uncrewed systems, especially in the air domain
  • Defence industry experience
  • Significant experience in one or more of the following domains: State Estimation, Real-Time Systems, Guidance, Navigation and Control, Path Planning
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