Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5208)
Shield AIRemotely
dockerlinuxembedded softwareautonomyci/cduasvtol
Job Description
📋 Description
- Lead the technical delivery of complex autonomy capabilities spanning platform integration, mission
- Drive integration of mission autonomy, payloads, flight-control interfaces, executive autonomy, and
- Serve as a primary technical partner to the Aircraft team, defining integration approaches
- Partner across Aircraft, Autonomy Capabilities, Perception, GCS, ACP, feature crews, and customer
- Influence architecture, interface design, and integration strategy across multiple subsystems.
- Lead design reviews, mentor engineers, and improve engineering rigor.
🎯 Requirements
- BS/MS in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent experience.
- 7+ years of relevant experience.
- Expert C++ and Linux development experience.
- Experience leading complex autonomy or embedded software integration efforts.
- Experience influencing technical direction across multiple engineering teams.
- Experience supporting operational test events or customer deployments.
🎁 Benefits
- Full-time regular employee offer package: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity.
- Travel requirement: 10-20% of the year to office locations, customer sites, and flight tests.
- Equal opportunity employer with accommodations available for disability needs.
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