# Mission Systems Software Engineer (R5888) at Shield AI

- Company: Shield AI
- What the company does: Autonomy for the world. Backed by a16z.
- Company website: https://shield.ai
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Dallas, Texas
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $135K to $250K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-10
- Apply by: 2026-10-25
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/a6f44fdc-093f-4db6-9f88-5181ec75f895
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/shield-ai-mission-systems-software-engineer-r5888/

## About the role

The Mission Systems Software Engineer will work on developing solutions of a real time system environment to provide mission computing support at the center of an autonomous aircraft with sensor and weapons. This role will work to establish a software architecture for a real time system that operates in a multi-level environment at real time. The role will require work with hardware, software and systems teams to come to a consensus design.

## What they're looking for

- Experience developing embedded, distributed, real-time, safety-critical, or mission-critical software systems
- Proficiency in C, C++, Rust, or another strongly typed systems-programming language
- Strong understanding of real-time software principles, including scheduling, concurrency, synchronization, latency, jitter, memory management, and deterministic execution
- Experience with embedded operating systems or RTOSs, middleware, interprocess communication, networking, and data-distribution technologies
- Experience defining software architectures, APIs, interface-control documents, data flows, deployment models, and system resource budgets
- Experience integrating software with hardware, sensors, communications systems, navigation systems, effectors, or other mission-system components

Tags: X-BAT Engineering - Software