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Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy Behaviors (R5363)

Shield AI · Washington, D.C.
Closed$234K - $351KNo degree requiredLead and abovePythonC++Machine Learning

Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy Behaviors (R5363) at Shield AI in Washington, D.C. is closed. It closed on Nov 13, 2026 and it no longer takes applications.

About the role

Tactical Autonomy Design – Design tactical autonomy algorithms to enable unmanned aircraft to perform complex missions across air, land, and sea domains with minimal human supervision. High-Performance Software Development – Develop high-performance software modules that incorporate planning, decision-making, and behavior execution strategies for dynamic and adversarial environments. Behavior Architecture…

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