Autonomy Engineer

Job description

Autonomy Engineer The Opportunity: As an Autonomy and UAS Engineer, you will design, develop, and deploy machine learning models that power intelligent behaviors on unmanned aircraft systems. You will work with advanced autonomy frameworks, including platforms such as Shield AI’s Hivemind to build resilient navigation, perception, targeting, and collaborative autonomy capabilities for the Department of Defense. You will operate at the cutting edge of edge AI, computer vision, reinforcement learning, and real-time embedded systems, helping the military transition from human-in-the-loop control to AI-assisted and autonomous mission execution. What You’ll Do: Design and train machine learning models for perception, object detection, tracking, and classification. Develop reinforcement learning and autonomy algorithms for navigation and mission execution. Implement sensor fusion models combining EO/IR, LiDAR, GPS-denied navigation, and telemetry data. Optimize AI models for deployment on edge compute platforms such as GPU, TPU, and embedded systems. Develop and integrate autonomy behaviors within platforms such as Hivemind. Implement mission planning logic and adaptive decision-making a...