Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Maritime (R5363) is open at Shield AI in Arlington, VA, US. The posting gives no salary; similar roles in the United States advertise a median of $235K. Posted on Sep 23, 2026, and still on Shield AI’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Focusing on the maritime portfolio, you’ll be creating autonomy capabilities for USVs, UUVs, and cooperating UAVs that enable them to perform advanced single- and multi-agent teaming missions beyond conventional motion planning and waypoint following. The functionality you add will enable teams to use their diverse payloads and maneuvering characteristics to search for, localize, and pursue targets while avoiding…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Shield AI’s careers page.
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