Shield AI
Mission Systems Software Engineer - BlueSky (R5199)
Los Angeles, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of professional software-engineering experience, including 3+ years in software architecture, systems architecture, or technical leadership.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Defense security clearance; U.S. citizenship may be required for clearance eligibility.
About the job
Develops and owns real-time mission-computing software architecture for autonomous aircraft, from system design through integration, testing, and deployment.
What you'll do
- Define and maintain end-to-end software architecture for deterministic, real-time mission computing.
- Integrate mission-system components with hardware and cross-functional teams; design for resilience, safety, and assurance.
- Define and execute verification across labs, simulations, flight tests, and deployed systems.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a listed or related technical field.
- Experience with embedded, distributed, real-time, safety-critical, or mission-critical software systems.
- Proficiency in C, C++, Rust, or another strongly typed systems-programming language.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Defense security clearance; U.S. citizenship may be required for clearance eligibility.
Nice to have
- Experience with autonomous aircraft, unmanned aircraft systems, avionics, mission computers, robotics, or aerospace and defense platforms.
- Experience with A-GRA, AMS-GRA, OMS, UCI, FACE, or other government reference architectures and open-mission-system standards.
Tools
C, C++, Rust, A-GRA, AMS-GRA, OMS, UCI, FACE
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