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Senior Engineer, Autonomy (R5685) at Shield AI

Department: Hivemind Solutions Division

Setup
On-site
Location
Melbourne, Victoria
Type
Full-time
Level
staff+
Posted

Description

Shield AI is hiring a Staff Engineer, Autonomy to design, build, and deploy autonomous capabilities for uncrewed aircraft. The role combines C++ software development with robotics, perception, sensor fusion, task and motion planning, controls, and high-fidelity hardware-in-the-loop testing. Responsibilities include integrating autonomy products with third-party aircraft, collaborating across AI, robotics, and systems engineering teams, contributing to architecture and code quality, and leading junior engineers. Candidates need a tertiary qualification in a relevant field, significant experience in robotics, autonomy, perception, or aerospace systems, and strong modern C++ skills; prior uncrewed-systems, defence, state estimation, real-time systems, guidance and navigation, or path-planning experience is preferred.

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