Senior Staff Engineer, Ground System Software (R5199)

Shield AI
📍 Washington, District of Columbia, United States 💼 Full Time Employee 🕒 Posted July 02, 2026

Job Description

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 , Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit . Follow Shield AI on , , , and . 

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced Software Systems Engineer with a strong background in software design and development and a working knowledge of systems engineering processes, methodologies, and tools. This individual will play a key role in defining, developing, integrating, and validating complex software systems while ensuring alignment with system-level requirements, architecture, and program objectives.


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Job Details

  • Location Washington, District of Columbia
  • Job Type Full Time Employee
  • Category Engineers
  • Posted Date July 02, 2026
  • Application Deadline August 11, 2026