# June 2027 Co-Op - Software Engineer Intern

About the Role Shield AI's Software Development Engineer Intern program spans engineers who design, build, and test the code that powers our autonomous systems - from user-facing applications and embedded flight software to machine learning models and the underlying systems platforms that tie it all together. Over 10-12 weeks, interns work alongside full-time engineers to analyze requirements, write and debug production-quality code, and ship a real feature or capability using our standard Agile development practices. Example Intern Projects Applications: Build a new feature or internal tool (web, mobile, or desktop) that streamlines a mission-planning or fleet-management workflow. Firmware/Embedded: Develop and debug embedded C/C++ code for a flight controller or sensor module, including bring-up and hardware-in-the-loop testing. Machine Learning: Train, evaluate, and integrate a perception or decision-making model (e.g., object detection, sensor fusion) into an autonomy pipeline. Systems Development: Extend a platform tool, API, or data pipeline that supports autonomy software, simulation, or cloud infrastructure. Required Qualifications Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Mas

- **Id**: 3826069
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/shield-ai-june-2027-co-op-software-engineer-intern>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: intern
- **Employment type**: internship
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Dallas, United States, Washington, United States, Seattle, United States, San Diego, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T17:02:43Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T14:39:46Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 6
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2615
- **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**: 102
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.843
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 65
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 37
- **Max**: 97
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: hour
- **Usd annual**: 194000

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Embedded C** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **JavaScript** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Sensor Fusion** — Optional: no
- **C** — Optional: yes
- **PyTorch** — Optional: yes
- **Scrum** — Optional: yes
- **TensorFlow** — Optional: yes
- **TensorFlow C++** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 6

## Requirements

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

### Education

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T18:27:07Z

## 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**: 5
- **Expected fill days**: 65
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 194000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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