# Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Emerging Domains (R5423)

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

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/f862d772-ff00-4a7f-91eb-26a3711571ef

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

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Washington, DC
- Salary: 163200 – 244800 USD per year

## Summary

This role involves developing autonomy software for emerging military platforms across space, maritime, and logistics domains, where you'll integrate Shield AI's existing autonomy capabilities with new systems that often lack prior autonomous baselines. It suits engineers who thrive on cross-platform integration challenges and seeing their code operate in real-world military environments.

_Our summary, not Shield AI's wording._

## Skills named

C++, Python, Robot Operating System (ROS)

## Required

- Experience developing autonomy or control software for robotic/autonomous systems
- Demonstrated ability to integrate software across diverse platforms
- Experience with hardware-in-the-loop and vehicle-in-the-loop testing
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and end-to-end ownership mentality

## Nice to have

- Experience with defense or aerospace applications
- Familiarity with space, maritime, or unmanned systems domains
- Background in motion planning or multi-agent coordination
- Experience with real-time embedded systems
- Prior work with emerging or novel platform integrations

Apply on Shield AI's site: https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/84623e5a-e496-4431-bc15-9bb92a080bc4/apply