Staff Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities — Maritime

Job overview

The Staff Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities — Maritime role is based in Boston, MA. The posting lists annual compensation of $220,800–$331,200, with bonus, benefits, and equity described for regular full-time employees. Shield AI develops defense technology and intelligent systems intended to protect service members and civilians. The engineer leads technical delivery of maritime autonomy capabilities for unmanned surface and underwater vehicles and cooperating aircraft. The role develops and integrates operational software for mission planning, localization, safety, and multi-agent collaboration.

What you'll do

• Lead technical delivery of complex autonomy capabilities
• develop motion planning, localization, tracking, safe maritime operations, and multi-agent collaboration approaches
• build tested software modules with clear interfaces
• collaborate across perception, planning, simulation, hardware, and operational test teams
• support deployment, integration, demonstrations, and mission-log analysis
• research and prototype algorithms and contribute to autonomy roadmaps
• travel typically around 25% of the year.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

staff engineer

autonomy capabilities

maritime

robotics

motion planning

unmanned vehicles

multi-agent systems

boston ma

shield ai

c++

python

25% travel

$220,800–$331,200/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Regular full-time employee package includes bonus, benefits, and equity
• temporary employee benefits may apply after 60 days.

Why this role

The role focuses on maritime autonomy and requires significant robotics and unmanned-systems experience, programming proficiency in C++ and Python, and ability to obtain a SECRET clearance.

About the employer

Shield AI is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.