Staff Engineer, Autonomy and Motion Planning (R5263)

Shieldai · London

ExclusiveFull-timePublished Jun 24, 2026

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About the role

Founded in 2015, 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 and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft. 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:

This position on the Autonomy team in the UK will lead the delivery of autonomous behaviors into our products, acting as technical leads, senior individual contributors, and/or as team leads that are also hands-on contributors. We expect candidates to demonstrate unparalleled end-to-end outcome ownership, driving the architecting, design, delivery, support, and evolution of safe and effective mission autonomy software throughout the entire product lifecycle.

Skills

  • Python
  • C++
  • Java
  • Go
  • Rust
  • C#
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • SQL
  • REST
  • GitLab CI
  • GitHub Actions
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • TensorFlow

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