# Senior Staff Engineer, Software Autonomy (R5125) at Shieldai

- Company: Shieldai
- Status: Open
- Workplace: On-site
- Location: New Delhi
- Level: Staff
- Discipline: Backend
- Employment: Internship
- Posted: 2026-10-12
- Skills: AI Hive, Engineering
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/shieldai/2d6c7884-8830-43c1-9c1a-9bc0563f50de

## 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 https://shield.ai/. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/shield-ai, X https://x.com/shieldaitech, Instagram https://www.instagram.com/shield_ai, and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@Shield_AI. 

 


JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy will function as a hands on technical lead / subject matter expert and collaborate with Shield AI teammates / customers to build edge-AI and autonomy software for platforms across sea, air, and space. This role involves working closely with customers to understand their requirements, writing code, developing new capabilities and ensuring successful software/hardware integration, and mentoring teammates.

What you'll do:

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 - Examples of Projects You will Work On: 
   
   - Autonomous teaming drones.
   
   - Teaming between helicopters and drones.
   
   - Autonomy on Robodogs.
   
   - AI Pilots for Fighter Jets
   
   - and more!

 - Learn Hivemind: Become an expert user of the Hivemind Enterprise Autonomy Software Development Kit.

 - Tactical Autonomy Design – Design tactical autonomy algorithms to enable unmanned aircraft to p

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