Senior Staff Engineer, Maritime Autonomy Capabilities

Job overview

The Senior Staff Engineer, Maritime Autonomy Capabilities role is onsite in Dallas, TX, with annual compensation of $220,800–$331,200. Shield AI develops intelligent systems intended to protect service members and civilians; this position supports its Autonomy Capabilities Team and maritime portfolio. The role leads technical direction for autonomy capabilities and architectures across programs, developing and integrating systems for unmanned surface and underwater vehicles and cooperating aircraft. It also guides engineers and translates customer needs into practical designs for safe, coordinated maritime missions.

What you'll do

• Lead technical direction for maritime autonomy capabilities and architectures
• develop motion planning, localization and tracking, safe maritime operations, and multi-agent collaboration
• build tested software modules
• 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.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior staff engineer

maritime autonomy

motion planning

robotics

multi-agent collaboration

unmanned surface vehicles

unmanned underwater vehicles

c++

python

dallas tx

shield ai

$220,800–$331,200/year

secret clearance eligible

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Full-time regular employee package includes bonus, benefits, and equity
• the posting also describes temporary benefits applicable after 60 days for temporary employees.

Why this role

The role combines maritime autonomy research and software integration with deployment on real-world platforms; team members typically travel around 25% of the year.

About the employer

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