Senior Engineer, Autonomy

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense technology company whose mission is to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. In pursuit of this mission, Shield AI is building the world’s best AI pilot. Its AI pilot, Hivemind, has flown a fighter jet (F-16), a vertical takeoff and landing drone (V-BAT), and a quadcopter (Nova). The company has offices in San Diego, Dallas, Washington DC and abroad. Shield AI’s products and people are currently in the field actively supporting operations with the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. allies. 

The Hivemind Solutions team is responsible for applying our AI reference pilot to a variety of complex customer use cases. As an Autonomy Engineer, you will be responsible for integrating the Shield AI reference pilot onto various aerial platforms. You will develop and tailor autonomous behaviors to fit the customer need. You will be responsible for interacting with Hivemind Test teams to test, analyze, and ensure autonomous behaviors meet requirements and assist with flight testing and deployment.