Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities (R4587)
Shield AI · San Mateo
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- Company
- Shield AI
- Location
- San Mateo
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Posted
- September 1, 2026
About this job
What you'll do: 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 Implementation – Implement and test behavior architectures that enable multi-agent coordination, target engagement, reconnaissance, and survivability in contested scenarios. Hybrid Autonomy Integration – Work at the intersection of classical autonomy and machine learning, blending rule-based systems with learning-based methods such as reinforcement learning to achieve…
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