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Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5208)

Shieldai · Washington, DC

Posted about 3 months ago

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This role has been open
80 days
Shieldai's roles stay open a median of 80 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Shieldai's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Shieldai
high
442 stale, 23 reposted of 462 open
Hiring momentum
615 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-23

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Shieldai's own lever board since 2026-08-04. Full hiring picture for Shieldai.

About this role

In this role, you will be part of the Autonomous Pilot Integration team, focusing on developing and integrating autonomy capabilities for unmanned aircraft like V-BAT and X-BAT. You will be responsible for creating mission behaviors, coordinating multi-agent operations, and ensuring the software is validated and fielded on real hardware. The position emphasizes collaboration with various teams and requires providing technical leadership while mentoring teammates and influencing integration strategies.

Our read on this posting2.0out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • Experience in software development for autonomous systems
  • Strong understanding of motion planning and control systems
  • Ability to work with hardware-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop testing
  • Experience in multi-agent coordination and executive autonomy
  • Technical leadership experience and mentoring skills

What you get

  • Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
  • Temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)

Worth weighing

  • No specific salary range provided
  • Role involves high-pressure, hands-on work with real aircraft
  • Requires a cleared background and possible reference check

Summarised from Shieldai's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by Shieldai on their lever job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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