# Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5208)

**Company**: Shield AI
**Location**: Washington, DC
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $163,200-244,800 per-year-salary
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Autonomous Pilot Integration team for expeditionary platforms. The team builds autonomy solutions for V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, combining capabilities from the Autonomy Capabilities team, Perception team, and HivemindSDK.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will develop new autonomy capabilities, including mission behaviors, platform-specific control, multi-agent coordination, contingencies, and executive autonomy. You will own major features from software-in-the-loop to live flight testing and partner closely with the Aircraft team, Autonomy Capabilities, Perception, GCS, feature crews, and customer stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include:

- Developing and integrating autonomy software for V-BAT and X-BAT

- Collaborating with the Aircraft team to integrate autonomy capabilities and validate platform interfaces

- Partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver integrated mission capabilities

- Providing technical leadership and mentoring teammates

- Analyzing mission data and driving root-cause analysis

The ideal candidate will have:

- 5+ years of relevant experience in computer science, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or mechanical engineering

- Strong C++ development experience in real-time or embedded systems

- Experience with Linux-based development and embedded systems

- Ability to obtain a SECRET clearance

Preferred qualifications include:

- Experience with unmanned aircraft or autonomous systems

- Experience with autonomy software, robotics, or vehicle control

- Python, Docker, CMake/Conan, or CI/CD experience

The salary range for this position is $163,200-244,800 per year.

## Benefits

Shield AI offers a comprehensive benefits package, including bonus, equity, and benefits.

## Travel Requirement

Members of this team typically travel around 10-20% of the year to different office locations, customer sites, operator training events, flight tests, and integration exercises.

## Skills

### Required
- C++
- Linux
- embedded systems
- autonomy software
- real-time systems

### Nice to have
- Python
- Docker
- CMake/Conan
- CI/CD
- unmanned aircraft
- autonomous systems

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