Senior Engineer, Autonomy and Motion Planning (R5263)

Shield AI is hiring a Senior Engineer, Autonomy and Motion Planning (R5263) in London, United Kingdom. Level rates it ; you can apply on Level.

Level's read on this job

On Level's scale, this role is Builds AI ●●●●: the job is building AI systems.
The posting mentions autonomy, motion planning and robotics among its tools and skills.
Level classes it as a senior role.
Shield AI has 640 other open roles on Level.

AI in this role

Senior Engineer for autonomy and motion planning to deliver intelligent systems and mission autonomy software.

autonomymotion-planningroboticssoftware-engineering

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 on the Autonomy team in the UK will lead the delivery of autonomous behaviors into our products, acting as technical leads, senior individual contributors, and/or as team leads that are also hands-on contributors. We expect candidates to demonstrate unparalleled end-to-end outcome ownership, driving the architecting, design, delivery, support, and evolution of safe and effective mission autonomy software throughout the entire product lifecycle.

How we rate this

Senior Engineer, Autonomy and Motion Planning (R5263) at Shield AI rates 85 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Builds AI (AI Level 4 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Builds AI. The job is building AI systems.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Open the description and count.

Key facts

Senior Engineer, Autonomy and Motion Planning (R5263) is an open job at Shield AI.
Level rates this role AI Level 4 of 4: Builds AI.
The role is based in London.
The job was posted on June 24, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Shield AI. Apply on Shield AI

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

AutonomyMotion PlanningRoboticsSoftware Engineering

Questions you could be asked

Tell me about a project where autonomy was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where motion planning was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where robotics was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where software engineering was part of your work. What did you do?
How would you decide a model or AI system is ready to ship?

Adapt your resume

List these exact terms on your resume: Autonomy, Motion Planning, Robotics, and Software Engineering. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
Lead with what you built, trained or shipped. This role is judged on the AI system itself, not the tools around it.

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