Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5208) is open at Shield AI in Arlington, VA, US. The posting gives no salary; similar roles in the United States advertise a median of $193K. Posted on Sep 17, 2026, and still on Shield AI’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
, you'll develop new autonomy capabilities — including mission behaviors, platform-specific control (including VTOL transitions), multi-agent coordination, contingencies, and executive autonomy — and own major features from software-in-the-loop, to hardware-in-the-loop, to vehicle-in-the-loop, to live flight test. You'll partner closely with the Aircraft team, Autonomy Capabilities, Perception, GCS, feature crews…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Shield AI’s careers page.
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