# Engineer I, Software - Autonomy Capabilities - New Grad - 6129

The Autonomy Capabilities team develops reusable software that enables autonomous systems to plan, decide, coordinate, and execute missions. Our work includes mission behaviors, motion planning, multi-agent coordination, and contingency handling across unmanned platforms. As an entry-level engineer, you will build and test well-defined autonomy software with regular guidance from experienced engineers. This is a full-time role focused on learning the codebase and delivering small, reviewable changes rather than owning an algorithm or architecture end to end. What you'll do: * Implement small, well-defined C++ changes to autonomy capabilities, examples, configuration, or tooling. * Add unit tests and simulation scenarios using established frameworks and expected behaviors. * Analyze simulation outputs and reproduce failures using logs, visualizations, and debug tools with guidance. * Help connect autonomy capabilities to perception products, platform interfaces, and mission software. * Document assumptions, test results, and setup instructions; participate in code and design reviews. * Work with autonomy, perception, integration, and simulation teammates to understand how capabiliti

- **Id**: 3944969
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/shield-ai-engineer-i-software-autonomy-capabilities-new-grad-6129>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-27T21:55:40Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-27
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-15T19:35:15Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 19
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2480
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Military Drones, Defense Manufacturing, Defense AI, Drone AI

## Company

- **Id**: 50
- **Name**: Shield AI
- **Domain**: shield.ai
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/shield-ai>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Lever

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 74
- **Open postings**: 97
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.856
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 62
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 77200
- **Max**: 211200
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 211200

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Motion Planning** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **CMake** — Optional: yes
- **Multi-Agent Systems** — Optional: yes
- **Path Planning** — Optional: yes
- **ROS** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 19

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-08T18:48:35Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 2; Filings 12m: 2

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 18
- **Expected fill days**: 62
- **Reasons**: conf:1, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 211200
- **Is top pay**: yes

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