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

Shield AI · Washington, D.C.

Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5208) at Shield AI in Washington, D.C. is closed. It closed on Nov 13, 2026 and it no longer takes applications.

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…

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