Engineer II, Software - Autonomy Capabilities - New Grad - 6131
Shield·United States·Posted 11 November 2026
About the role
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. The Autonomy Capabilities team develops reusable mission behaviors, motion-planning, decision-making, and multi-agent software that can be integrated across unmanned platforms. We validate capabilities in simulation and representative system environments before they are used by integration teams. As an Engineer II, you will deliver bounded autonomy features and tests using established technical direction. You will investigate moderately defined behavior and integration issues, explain tradeoffs in your…
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