# Staff Engineer, Software - Autonomous Aircraft Integration (R4983)

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

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/95584cf2-7fd1-4741-8518-a980483e33bc

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

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Washington, DC
- Salary: 182720 – 274080 USD per year

## Summary

Shield AI seeks a systems-minded engineer to integrate autonomy software onto unmanned aircraft and prepare them for flight testing. This role suits someone comfortable bridging R&D and field operations, debugging mission-critical systems in fast-moving test environments where both hardware and software must work together reliably.

_Our summary, not Shield AI's wording._

## Skills named

Systems Integration

## Required

- Deploy autonomy solutions onto unmanned platforms
- Prepare systems for flight operations
- Troubleshoot mission-critical issues in lab and field environments
- Systems thinking and hands-on engineering across hardware and software

Apply on Shield AI's site: https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/6265ee65-8136-41b5-9279-97f9a4b1d2f6/apply