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Senior Staff Engineer, Ground Systems Software (R5892)

Shieldai · Seattle, Washington

onsitesenior$190,000–$350,000Posted Sep 10, 2026

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## About Shield AI Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with a 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 supports operations worldwide. For more information: **www.shield.ai** Follow Shield AI on **LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube**. --- ## Role Overview We are seeking an experienced **Ground Systems Software Engineer** with a strong background in software design and development, and working knowledge of **systems engineering processes, methodologies, and tools**. In this role, you will play a key part in **defining, developing, integrating, and validating complex software systems**, while ensuring alignment with **system-level requirements**, **architecture**, and **program objectives**. --- ## What You’ll Bring The ideal candidate combines deep technical software expertise with an understanding of systems engineering principles, including: - **Requirements management** - **Model-based systems engineering (MBSE)** - **Verification and validation (V&V)** - **Configuration management** - **Customer communications** - **Cross-functional technical leadership**

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