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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Weapons (R5398)
Shi*** · San Diego, CA, United States
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San Diego, CA, United States233,760-350,640 USD/yearlyRemote
Remuneration
233,760-350,640 USD/yearly
Location
San Diego, CA, United States
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Job summary
Founded in 2015, Shi*** is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft. With offices and facilities across the U.
Benefits
EquityTemporary employee offer package:Pay within range listed above + temporaryPackage (applicable after 60 days of employment)All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check.Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible forPlease speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative acIf you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please letWe may use artificial intelligence (AI)
Qualifications
- On-site Test & Mission Support – Provide senior technical leadership during critical flight tests, customer demonstrations, and operational exercises where deep systems integration expertise is required.
- Continuous Improvement – Drive organization-wide improvements to engineering processes, testing infrastructure, integration workflows, developer experience, and mission reliability.
- Travel Requirement – Members of this team typically travel around 10–20% of the year to different office locations, customer sites, operator training events, flight tests, and integration exercises.
- Required
- BS/MS in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent practical experience.
- Typically requires 10+ years of relevant experience.
- Expert-level C++ and Linux systems development experience.
- Demonstrated experience defining technical strategy across multiple engineering teams or programs.
- Proven track record influencing architecture and solving highly complex autonomy integration challenges.
- Experience mentoring senior engineers and driving engineering excellence across an organization.
- Ability to obtain a SECRET clearance.
- PREFERRED
Responsibilities
- WHAT YOU'LL DO:
Skills
Leadership
Degrees
AssociateBachelor
Travel
Travel
Industry
AutomotiveDefense
Company size
Smb
Security clearance
Secret