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Senior Autonomy Integration Engineer

3 months ago

Shield AI London

Integrate autonomy software onto unmanned aircraft, owning build, configuration and validation of flight-ready systems across onboard compute, sensors and control interfaces. Support live flight tests with travel around 30-40% of the year, debugging embedded and autonomy stacks in lab and field, capturing and analysing flight data, and working with autonomy, GNC and test teams.

Hybrid

Senior DevSecOps Engineer

Last month

Shield AI London

Designs, builds and operates secure software delivery infrastructure for autonomous defence systems, spanning CI/CD pipelines, cloud and on-premises environments, simulation and hardware-in-the-loop labs. Embeds MOD Secure by Design principles, automated security controls and assurance evidence into engineering workflows, working closely with autonomy, software, systems and test engineers across security classifications.

Hybrid Clearance Required

Risk Manager

Last month

Tekever Bristol

Owns and runs the risk and opportunity management function across major civil and defence programmes, maintaining the Risk and Opportunity Register, applying risk scoring methodology and facilitating identification workshops. Coordinates engineering, safety, certification, supply chain and commercial risk with the Chief Engineer, Safety Manager and Commercial Lead, and reports into programme boards and authority cycles.

Hybrid

Regulations Associate

Last week

Tekever Bristol

Supports the Regulations & Safety team in maintaining compliance with aviation regulatory frameworks and securing approvals to operate uncrewed air systems. Day-to-day work includes monitoring CAA, MAA and international requirements, preparing SORA and Ofcom radio licence applications, maintaining safety registers and the SMS database, and supporting hazard identification and incident reporting. A junior, hands-on role in a defence aviation environment.

Hybrid

Transmissions Engineer

3 days ago

Leonardo Yeovil

Design or analyse helicopter transmission systems across conventional helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air systems, covering the full product lifecycle from concept to in-service support. Designers produce 3D models and 2D drawings in CATIA V5 for gears, bearings, casings, shafts and couplings; analysts perform stress, fatigue and finite element analysis. The role spans UK and Italian sites with international travel.

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

Senior Microwave Engineer

Last month

Leonardo Luton

Designs and develops microwave and RF circuits operating to and beyond 20 GHz for electronic warfare self-protection systems on fast jet, UAV, land and naval platforms. Work spans prototyping, detailed design, simulation with tools like ADS, CST and HFSS, plus hands-on RF test, measurement and debug in laboratory facilities within an Integrated Project Team.

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

Composites Manager

3 weeks ago

Tekever Swindon

Build and run a composites manufacturing capability from scratch for drone airframe structures, covering facility layout, equipment commissioning, pre-preg lay-up, tooling, cure, trim and inspection. Recruit and lead the shop-floor team, own quality, safety and production rate, and transfer best practice across European plants.

Hybrid Clearance Required

Forward Deployed Engineer II (5951)

Last month

Shield AI London

Customer-facing engineer deploying Shield AI's Hivemind autonomy software on-site with customers, supporting integration, training and debugging of API issues. Builds AI and autonomy applications using the enterprise SDK in modern C++, and feeds customer insights back to product engineering. Involves roughly 30% travel and pre-sales support such as demos and conferences.

Hybrid

Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy Software Integration & Test (R5539)

3 months ago

Shield AI London

Hands-on engineering role developing, integrating and flight-testing autonomy software for unmanned and autonomous aircraft, spanning C++/Python development, hardware bring-up, telemetry analysis and live field operations. Works across software, avionics, radios and flight controllers, supporting SIL/HIL/VIL simulation and demonstrations, primarily in the Lviv region with travel across Ukraine.

Hybrid

Object Detection and Tracking Engineer (R5244)

4 months ago

Shield AI London

Design and implement real-time perception algorithms for object detection, classification and multi-target tracking, fusing EO/IR cameras, radar and IMU data. Build state estimation and localization pipelines, interpret sensor ICDs, and validate performance in simulation and flight test. Works closely with autonomy and hardware teams on SWaP-constrained airborne platforms.

Hybrid

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (5961)

Last month

Shield AI London

Customer-facing engineering role deploying Shield AI's Hivemind autonomy software on site with customers, roughly 30% travel. You build AI and autonomy applications with the enterprise SDK, provide technical support and training, debug software and API integration issues, and feed customer insight back to product engineering. Requires strong modern C++ skills.

Hybrid

Staff Forward Deployed Engineer (5021)

5 months ago

Shield AI London

Customer-facing engineer deploying Shield AI's Hivemind autonomy software on-site with customers, supporting integration, training and technical support, and debugging software/API issues. Develops AI and autonomy applications using the enterprise SDK in modern C++, and feeds customer feedback back to product engineering. Involves roughly 30% travel and pre-sales work such as demos and conferences.

Hybrid

Staff Forward Deployed Engineer (R4962)

5 months ago

Shield AI London

Customer-facing engineer deploying Shield AI's Hivemind autonomy software on customer sites, with around 30% travel. You build AI and autonomy applications using the enterprise SDK, train users, debug API integration issues, and feed customer feedback back to product engineering. Requires strong modern C++ skills.

Hybrid

Staff Engineer, Digital Infrastructure (R5602)

2 months ago

Shield AI London

Deploy, integrate and maintain components of an AI training factory across isolated and specialised environments, working in a small team of engineers and administrators. The role involves Kubernetes and container orchestration, C++/Python applications, Linux networking, and automation tooling such as Ansible, Chef or Puppet, with close coordination with autonomy teams.

Hybrid

Manager, Autonomy Applications Engineering (R5188)

5 months ago

Shield AI London

Lead and coach a team of Forward Deployed Engineers supporting customer deployment, onboarding and sustained use of the Hivemind autonomy SDK in real-world operational environments. The role combines people management, technical escalation and field feedback loops, partnering with product and engineering to improve deployment playbooks and customer readiness. Requires strong C++ and Python background plus up to 30% travel.

Hybrid

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