# Mission Systems Software Engineer (R5888) at Shield AI

- Company: Shield AI
- Status: Open
- Workplace: On-site
- Location: Dallas, Texas
- Level: Mid-level
- Discipline: Backend
- Employment: Full-time
- Salary: $135K–250K
- Posted: 2026-09-10
- Skills: X-BAT Division
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/a6f44fdc-093f-4db6-9f88-5181ec75f895

## Description

Shield AI 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, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube. 


Job Description:
The Mission Systems Software Engineer will work on developing solutions of a real time system environment to provide mission computing support at the center of an autonomous aircraft with sensor and weapons. This role will work to establish a software architecture for a real time system that operates in a multi-level environment at real time. The role will require work with hardware, software and systems teams to come to a consensus design. This role will focus on development of new systems and software designs from PDR, CoDR, CDR to lab test, flight test and fielding. 


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