Staff/Full-time/EU Remote/United Kingdom

Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy and Motion Planning

Hiring SurgeEU Remote

Role Opportunity Score

46Fair opportunity

Expected applicants: ~80–150

This Staff Senior Engineer role at Shield AI in the UK uses Lever for applications and may attract 80-150 strong applicants, given the focus on autonomous mission software development. Security clearance is a critical filter, cutting down the pool significantly as fewer candidates meet this requirement.

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Scope: EU Remote

Role Summary

This position on the Autonomy team in the UK will lead the delivery of autonomous behaviors into products, acting as technical leads, senior individual contributors, and/or team leads who are also hands-on contributors. The role involves architecting, designing, delivering, supporting, and evolving safe and effective mission autonomy software throughout the entire product lifecycle. Responsibilities include developing tactical autonomy software for unmanned platforms, implementing and testing autonomous behaviors, collaborating with internal and external teams, and acting as a subject matter expert for software engineering.

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C++

Compensation

~90k–130k est.high confidence

Requirements

Languages: English

Visa sponsorship not stated

Equity Offered

Security Clearance Required

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