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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Perception (R4985)

Shield AI

Washington, DC · full time · Senior

$233,760 – $350,640

Listed on Shield AI’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

This senior engineer role involves building and deploying machine learning models that help autonomous defense systems perceive and understand their environment, bridging research and production. It suits experienced ML engineers who want to work on vision and vision-language models at scale while solving real-world deployment challenges for military applications.

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Skills this role names

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What they ask for

Required

  • Develop and deploy advanced machine learning models for autonomous systems
  • Work with vision, vision-language, and vision-language-action models
  • Build data pipelines and evaluation frameworks
  • Transform AI research into production-ready systems
  • Partner with ML researchers and autonomy engineers

Nice to have

  • Experience with supervised fine-tuning workflows
  • Background in autonomous systems or robotics
  • Prior defense or government contracting experience

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