# Engineer I, Software - Autonomous Pilot Integration - New Grad - 6125 at Shield AI

- Company: Shield AI
- Status: Open
- Workplace: On-site
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Level: Junior
- Discipline: Backend
- Employment: Full-time
- Salary: $77K–211K
- Posted: 2026-10-27
- Skills: Flight System Integration, Hivemind Solutions Division
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/af183d8c-51d0-40df-9c04-fbddae0d83aa

## 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. 


Overview
The Autonomous Pilot Integration team builds and maintains a reusable core pilot and applies it to real programs and platforms. We combine Hivemind SDK, Perception, and Autonomy Capabilities components into complete mission solutions, adapt them to vehicle and operator interfaces, and validate behavior in simulation, labs, and representative tests. This role contributes to both reusable pilot software and program-specific autonomy applications.

As an entry-level engineer, you will work with experienced engineers on well-defined software, configuration, and test tasks. You will learn how mission behavior, platform control, sensors, and C2 work together without being expected to own an interface, release, or test event independently.

What you'll do:
* Implement C++ changes to program-specific mission behavior, autonomy configuration, diagnostics, or an assigned platform-interface component with guidance.
* Develop and adapt supported pilot behaviors and reference configurations for defined missions or platforms, contributing reusable improvements t

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