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Engineer I, Simulation Framework (R6203)

ShieldaiWashington🇺🇸United States

Why this role stands out

Join Shield AI to advance your career at the forefront of autonomous defense technology, where you will build critical simulation frameworks that directly enhance the impact of our intelligent systems. You will thrive in this role if you are a collaborative engineer passionate about C++ and Python development who values working on high-stakes, innovative projects within a world-class team. Apply today to secure a competitive salary and contribute to life-saving technology at a rapidly growing industry leader.

Quick overview

Salary$79k - $110k/yr

SeniorityMid Senior

Employment typeFull Time

Work modeOn Site

LocationWashington, United States

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Job description

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:

As a Simulation Framework Engineer (L1) on the Simulation Framework Team, you will help develop and maintain the software that connects modeling and simulation (M&S) environments with core autonomy software. You will work alongside experienced engineers to write C++ and Python code, build adapters and plugins, and support reusable software components that reduce the simulation-specific complexity exposed to autonomy developers.

This is a hands-on software engineering role intended for an early-career engineer who is interested in defense simulation, autonomy, distributed systems, and technical integration. You will contribute to simulation environments and frameworks such as NGTS, AFSIM, Aechelon, HMSSimBlocks, and the emerging Hivemind Simulation Framework (HMSF).

You will support the team’s migration of HMSSimBlocks capabilities to HMSF by helping implement baseline adapters, port selected modules, test functionality, and maintain compatibility for programs that continue to use HMSSimBlocks. You will also assist integration teams by investigating framework, plugin, interface, and data-exchange issues under the guidance of senior engineers.