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Shield AI

Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Maritime (R5363)

Washington, DC · On-site · Senior

Discipline
Mechanical
Industry
Defense

Spec sheet

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Hivemind Solutions Division

Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Maritime focuses on autonomous multi-agent platform control, blending control theory with optimization for real-world platform integration across air/sea/space domains. Role emphasizes fundamentals and software integration, with programmatic impact and rigorous implementation.

Required

  • aircraft kinematics/dynamics
  • trajectory design
  • optimization
  • information fusion
  • efficient algorithms
  • software integration
  • structures
  • protocols

Preferred

  • multi-agent coordination
  • motion planning
  • control systems
  • real-world platform integration
  • autonomy software
  • mission objectives
  • integration across platforms

Employer description

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube. 

The Autonomy Capabilities Team develops functionality to automate single- and multi-agent teams of platforms in pursuit of mission objectives and acts as a central discipline-aligned focal-point for encouraging consistent usage of technical approaches across business portfolios.  This team operates at all levels of the command-and-control hierarchy (from advanced control laws, through motion planning, and up to advanced tactical behaviors and multi-agent coordination) and across a multitude of mission sets, platform types, and operational domains (e.g., air, sea, space).  The team puts a strong emphasis on both fundamentals (e.g., aircraft kinematics/dynamics, trajectory design, optimization, information fusion, efficient algorithms, etc.) and software integration skillsets (e.g. structures, protocols, threading, interface management, etc.) to bring market-differentiating capabilities to customers that seamlessly operate within their integration contexts. 
This position is perfect for an individual who enjoys solving complex problems across a diverse set of programs and integration contexts. An ideal candidate is expected to address operational system needs through a multitude of advanced methodologies that blend traditional control system approaches with advanced optimization. Developed solutions are expected to be integrated into real-world platforms with near-term program impacts and rewards and so balancing theory with practice and rigorous implementation is paramount.  

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