Senior Staff Autonomy Engineer

Company: Shield AI
Location: Arlington
Posted on: November 21, 2022

Job Description:

Introduction to Shield AI Shield AI's mission is to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Shield AI is a fast growing, venture-backed defense-technology company built around a team of proven executives, distinguished warfighters, and world-class AI engineers. Since 2018, Shield AI's products and people have supported operations around the world with the US Department of Defense and our allies. Most recently, we acquired Heron Systems and Martin UAV as wholly owned subsidiaries of Shield AI. Join our team and shape the future of artificially intelligent systems. - Job Description - This position is perfect for an individual who enjoys solving the most complex problems across a portfolio of diverse domains and modalities. An ideal candidate is expected to leverage classical autonomous techniques, algorithms, and theory to supplement machine learning based solutions. This would allow for acceleration of training cycles, sim to real-world fidelity, and elevate AI technologies within the autonomous systems topology allowing it to aptly drive a value-add solution space. These solutions are expected to be integrated into real-world problems with near-term program impacts and rewards. Heron Systems, a Shield AI company, is looking to continue to -push the envelope by teaming traditional autonomous systems algorithms and deep reinforcement learning-based solutions to create an unmatched capability and speed to deployment technology base. Required qualifications:

• BS/MS or greater in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and/or similar degree, or equivalent practical experience -
• Strong mathematical background in both linear/nonlinear control theory and autonomous systems technologies/algorithms -
• Deep understanding of robotics technologies related to sensing, estimation, path planning, and data fusion. -
• Ability to understand, derive, and implement motion models and accompanying controllers for trajectory generation and tracking. -
• Strong ability to develop, benchmark, debug, and deploy software based algorithms -
• 8-10+ years of experience in applied R&D -
• Experience working projects with 10+ contributors -
• Offers Fast, efficient, effective problem solving approaches -
• Exceptional collaborator and communicator -
• Comfortability within Unix environments -
• Hard-working, trustworthy teammate -
• Exhibits holding themselves and others to high standards -
• Being kind to others -
• Ability to obtain a SECRET clearance -#LI-OE1 If you're interested in being part of our team, apply now! - - Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to -equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. - - To conform to U.S. Government regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. -

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