Staff Engineer, Autonomy and Motion Planning (R5263)

Posted:
6/23/2026, 7:11:40 PM

Location(s):
Greater London, England, United Kingdom ⋅ England, United Kingdom

Experience Level(s):
Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Software Engineering

Workplace Type:
On-site

Pay:
$51/hr or $106,080 total comp

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.

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