Staff Engineer, Test Integration, Modelling and Simulation (R5601)
- Level
- Staff
- Work type
- Hybrid · London
Not stated in the posting: salary, visa.
Open. First seen 22 October 2026.
About the role
Shield AI's standard text
Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the 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 actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.
Job Description:
This position is perfect for a seasoned C++ engineer with expertise in modeling and simulation, systems, and systems integration. As a key leader, you will tackle the most challenging and complex projects with minimal oversight, driving impactful results in collaboration with a dynamic and skilled team. This is an opportunity to shape innovative solutions, integrating simulations and third-party systems, and advancing cutting-edge technologies.
What you'll do:
- Lead the design, development, and maintenance of high-performance C++ software for complex systems.
- Architect robust, scalable simulation solutions for systems of systems and real-time processing.
- Drive the integration of third-party software and hardware systems into comprehensive architectures.
- Set technical standards and mentor other engineers to promote excellence and best practices.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure project alignment and successful delivery.
- Implement modern agile software development practices, including continuous integration and test-driven development.
- Tackle complex debugging and optimization challenges to enhance system performance.
- Explore and adopt new technologies to stay at the forefront of the field.
- Drive task decomposition for teams and individuals
Required qualifications:
- Typically requires a minimum of 7 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 5 years and a Master’s degree; or 4 years with a PhD; or equivalent work experience.
- Advanced professional experience in software engineering and systems integration.
- Familiarity with design patterns and system-level engineering principles.
- Extensive experience in C++ using modern C++ (C++17/20) while possessing a solid understanding of older standards (C++98/03) for adapting to legacy code and systems seamlessly.
- Experience in Python.
- Programming experience in a Linux environment (Windows experience is a bonus).
- Expertise with Docker or other containerization mechanisms.
- Demonstrated success leading projects with 10+ contributors.
- Exceptional problem-solving skills, with a fast, efficient, and effective approach.
- Deep understanding of design patterns and system architecture principles.
- Experience in a collaborative development environment, focused on continuous integration/delivery and test-driven development.
Preferred qualifications:
- MS or greater in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and/or similar degree, or equivalent practical experience.
- Real-time and distributed simulation experience.
- Experience with surface and/or subsurface simulation environments and models.
- Proficiency in Python.
- Advanced knowledge of third-party system integration (software and hardware).
- Experience with web-service technologies like gRPC, REST APIs, message queues (ActiveMQ, ZeroMQ), etc.
- Familiarity with C++ tooling like CMake and Conan.
- Experience with UCI and OMS Standards.
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What this role asks for
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Python
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Compared with Shield AI's other open jobs.
The team: Flight System Integration
This role is one of 48 open in Flight System Integration.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
C++ (46 of 48), Python (32 of 48), Linux (26 of 48), Embedded Systems (23 of 48), RTOS (14 of 48), Docker (13 of 48), Bash (12 of 48)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Manager of Engineering, Autonomy Capabilities (R5412) posted Sep 16
- Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities (R5368) posted Sep 1
- Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities (R4587) posted Sep 1
- Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration (R5395) posted Sep 1
- Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration (R5402) posted Sep 1
- Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities (R5339) posted Sep 1
- Staff Engineer, Perception (R5611) posted Aug 27
- Staff Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Maritime (R5325) posted Aug 26
- Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Maritime (R5363) posted Aug 26
- Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Maritime (R5339) posted Aug 26
- Senior Engineer, Autonomy Software Integration & Test (R5606) posted Aug 26
- Staff Engineer, Digital Infrastructure (R5602) posted Aug 26
- Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration (R5423) posted Aug 19
- Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy and Motion Planning (R5538) posted Aug 6
- Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy Software Integration & Test (R5539) posted Aug 6
- Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Space (R5368) posted Aug 5
- Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Space (R5360) posted Aug 5
- Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Space (R5338) posted Aug 5
- Staff Software Engineer, Perception (R5421) posted Jul 28
- Senior Software Engineer, Perception (R5420) posted Jul 28
- Senior Staff Software Engineer, Perception (R4985) posted Jul 28
- Senior Autonomy Integration Engineer posted Jul 27
- Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Emerging Domains (R5398) posted Jul 21
- Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Emerging Domains (R5401) posted Jul 21
- Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Emerging Domains (R5423) posted Jul 21
- Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Weapons (R5398) posted Jul 21
- Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Weapons (R5400) posted Jul 21
- Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Weapons (R5427) posted Jul 21
- Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5193) posted Jul 21
- Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5208) posted Jul 21
- Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5208) posted Jul 21
- Object Detection and Tracking Engineer (R5244) posted Jun 25
- Autonomy Integration Engineer (R5245) posted Jun 25
- Senior Engineer, Autonomy and Motion Planning (R5263) posted Jun 24
- Staff Software Engineer, GCS - Full Stack (R5192) posted Jun 12
- Manager of Engineering - Autonomous Pilot Integration (R5153) posted Jun 11
- Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration (R5208) posted Jun 8
- Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration (R5193) posted Jun 8
- Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration (R5200) posted Jun 8
- Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Behaviors (R4588) posted Apr 30
- Software Engineer II, Autonomy Behaviors (R5202) posted Apr 30
- Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Behaviors (R4588) posted Apr 29
- Manager, Software - Perception (R3770) posted Mar 26
- Senior Engineer, Software - Autonomous Aircraft Integration (R5200) posted Aug 15
- Staff Engineer, Software - Autonomous Aircraft Integration (R4983) posted Aug 15
- Senior Staff Engineer, Software - Autonomous Aircraft Integration (R4983) posted Aug 15
- Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy Behaviors (R5363) posted Aug 15
From the team and dates on Shield AI's own job board.
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