Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy and Motion Planning (R5538)

Employer · GB

Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy and Motion Planning (R5538) at Employer, based in GB. This is a permanent role.

Salary
Competitive
Location
GB
Contract
Permanent
Posted
1 week ago
Closes
21 Aug 2026

Reference j_44cac971

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 . 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.

Reference: j_44cac971 · Posted 1 week ago · Closes 21 Aug 2026 · Listed via Employer

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