Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy and Motion Planning (R5538)
Shield AI
London, United Kingdom · International office entity · Autonomy, Planning & Controls
Job Description: This position on the Autonomy team in the UK will lead the delivery of autonomous behaviors into our products, acting as technical leads, senior individual contributors, and/or as team leads that are also hands-on…
Apply on Shield AI’s careers page- Company
- Shield AI
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Type
- International office entity
- Level
- Staff / Principal
- Specialism
- Autonomy, Planning & Controls
- Team
- Flight System Integration
- Posted
- 6 August 2026
About the role
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, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube. Job Description: This position on the Autonomy team in the UK will lead the delivery of autonomous behaviors into our products, acting as technical leads, senior individual contributors, and/or as team leads that are also hands-on contributors. We expect candidates to demonstrate unparalleled end-to-end outcome ownership, driving the architecting, design, delivery, support, and evolution of safe and effective mission autonomy software throughout the entire product lifecycle.