# Principal Engineer, Edge Applications & Mission Systems (R6245) 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: Principal and up
- Location: San Diego, California
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $220K to $330K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-17
- Apply by: 2026-12-01
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/dc24c4bf-a22a-459e-9969-f5043a0ff690?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/shield-ai-principal-engineer-edge-applications-and-mission-systems-r6245/

## About the role

You will shape a platform that customers and partners can readily integrate, extend, and adapt to new missions. The scope includes ground control stations (GCS), command and control (C2), integration with battle-management systems (BMS), fleet and configuration management, and agentic workflows that help operators plan, supervise, and manage autonomous robotic systems. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 15+ years of professional software engineering experience, or an equivalent record of technical depth and impact, including substantial responsibility for complex production systems
- 5+ years providing technical leadership as a technical lead, architect, Principal Engineer, or equivalent, with demonstrated influence across multiple teams and ownership of significant architectural decisions
- Deep experience developing defense GCS and C2 applications, with working knowledge of mission planning, mission execution, operator workflows, and integration with broader battle-management environments
- A demonstrated record of shipping and sustaining software products for defense customers, including responsibility for operational deployment, customer acceptance, and improvements informed by field use
- Strong software architecture and implementation skills across distributed systems, application services, APIs, data management, and operator-facing software
- Experience building extensible platforms used by multiple teams and external customers, including interface design, reusable capabilities, versioning, and integration across organizational boundaries

Tags: Engineering

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