# Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration –  Emerging Domains (R5398)

Hiring organization: [Shield AI](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/shield-ai)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/128e2a2b-c2ad-42d9-97ff-363b4ca650d6

Listed on Shield AI's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Washington, DC
- Salary: 233760 – 350640 USD per year

## Summary

A leadership role designing and deploying autonomy software for military drone and aerial platforms that operate in distributed, networked fleets. You'll handle complex integration challenges across motion planning, perception, and control systems while working with real hardware and field operations.

_Our summary, not Shield AI's wording._

## Required

- Lead technical delivery of autonomy capabilities
- Own end-to-end software development from simulation to live testing
- Drive technical direction across multiple subsystems
- Collaborate with autonomy, perception, and customer teams

Apply on Shield AI's site: https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/cfc41052-1dd6-47d7-b377-3e629a991d45/apply