Manager of Engineering - Autonomous Pilot Integration - Expeditionary (R5175)
AI summary of the role
Lead a team of autonomy engineers integrating Hivemind autonomy onto V-BAT and X-BAT expeditionary unmanned aircraft, owning delivery, team growth, and technical health.
What you’ll do
- Manage a team of 5-10 autonomy engineers, owning performance, growth, and delivery.
- Drive hiring, mentor engineers, and shape career development.
- Maintain close daily partnership with the aircraft team on platform changes and integration.
- Develop and field autonomy software on V-BAT and X-BAT, including sensor and autopilot integration.
What you’ll bring
- BS/MS in CS, EE, ME, AE or equivalent; typically 7+ years with BS, 5+ with MS, 4+ with PhD.
- 2+ years of direct people-management experience.
- Experience building/growing engineering teams and mentoring engineers.
- Direct experience with Group 3 unmanned aircraft, VTOL platforms, or similar systems.
Technologies
C++ · Linux · DDS · VTOL · ViDAR · EO/IR · Hivemind · STANAG 4586 · UCI · OMS · ARM · Docker
About Shield AI
Builds AI pilot software, aircraft, and vision systems that let militaries and OEMs develop, deploy, and operate mission autonomy in contested environments.
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Source and classification
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builds on top of the existing mission autonomy solution from the Strategic Systems (ACP) portfolio and works closely with the aircraft team on the flight-autonomy interface. We combine capabilities from the Autonomy Capabilities team (motion planning, tactics), the Perception team (e.g., ViDAR, ATR), and the HivemindSDK to develop the autonomy software that runs on these platforms, then integrate, validate, and field it on the real hardware — for U.S. and international defense customers. Our engineers write new autonomy code — such as mission behaviors, platform-specific control (including VTOL transitions), multi-agent coordination, contingencies, and executive autonomy — and own it end-to-end from software-in-the-loop, to hardware-in-the-loop, to vehicle-in-the-loop, to live test exercise. In this role, you'll lead a team of autonomy engineers focused primarily on Hivemind on V-BAT,How jobs are selected
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