Shield AI · 1 day ago
Principal Autonomy Architect (R4375)
Boston, MA
Part-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$13K/yr - $20K/yr
10+ years expShield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company focused on protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. The Principal Autonomy Architect will lead the development of the Pilot stack, focusing on edge autonomy solutions and collaborating with various teams to ensure technical correctness and system reliability for mission-critical applications.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesDronesMachine LearningNational Security
Responsibilities
Define and develop robust methodologies for some of the core challenges pertaining to large-scale teaming in contested environments including but not limited to collaborative decision making, path-planning, object tracking, state estimation and intelligent multi-agent autonomy solutions
Collaborate with a strong team of autonomy engineers to take concepts all the way through production ensuring robust, resilient implementations that operate with a high level of reliability
Collaborate with Pilot Director to shape the roadmap for Pilot to accelerate value delivery to customers and sophistication of the stack
Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to inform their roadmaps and influence capability development with an eye toward long-term vision
Collaborate with other architects to ensure seamless integration of the Pilot stack with other elements of Hivemind SDK for a consistent customer experience
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience in the AI & autonomy domain
Deep expertise and experience in various areas of autonomy including discrete planning for task assignment / scheduling, path-planning (sampling-based, graph-based), next-best-view planning, distributed state-estimation, collaborative object tracking, and active perception
Experience deploying complex autonomy software to relevant real-world platforms with demonstrable results
Experience working with a large team of engineers as a technical mentor / guide with the ability to enhance rigor and correctness in methodologies across the stack
Experience in forming the long-term vision and strategy for the technology stack in support of product needs bridging the gap between feasibility and rapid evolution
Strong experience with software development using C++
Preferred
Experience in the defense and aerospace domain
Experience with assured processes toward software certification (DO-178C)
Experience deploying cutting edge technology to large (Group 4/5) aircraft
Familiarity with CI/CD and software design principles
Benefits
Bonus
Benefits
Equity
Temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)
Company
Shield AI
Shield AI is a deep-tech company that focuses on developing AI-powered systems to enhance the safety of service members and civilians.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.31BKey Investors
Hercules CapitalUS Innovative Technology FundSnowpoint Ventures
2025-03-06Series F· $240M
2023-12-29Debt Financing· $200M
2023-10-31Series F· $300M
Leadership Team
Gary Steele
Chief Executive Officer
Brandon Tseng
Co-Founder
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