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AI & Autonomy Jobs in Defense

AI & Autonomy roles at defense companies building the future.

267 open roles · Updated Sep 24, 2026

267 jobs

Quantum Systems Flight Control & State Estimation Engineer (m/f/d)

Germany

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Mid-Level

Anduril Industries Senior Robotics Software Engineer, Navigation/Localization

Costa Mesa, CA

$220k–$292k / year

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Senior

Helsing Simulation Engineer

United Kingdom

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Mid-Level

Shield AI Staff Engineer, AI Operations & Governance, Workplace AI (R5428)

Remote

$200k–$300k / year

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Senior

Saronic Perception and Autonomy Engineer

Austin, TX

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Mid-Level

Castelion Senior GNC Engineer (Navigation)

Rio Rancho, NM

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Senior

Neros Perception Lead

Torrance, CA

$134k–$187k / year

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Senior

Firestorm Principal Aerospace Engineer - Multidisciplinary Design, Analysis, and Optimization

San Diego, CA

$145k–$215k / year

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Senior

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Harmattan AI Data Annotator

France

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Entry-Level

Singularity Director of GNC

Gardena, CA

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Director

CHAOS Industries Principal Autonomy Software Engineer

El Segundo, CA

$240k–$310k / year

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Staff / Principal

Onebrief Outcome Engineer - Early in Career Professional

Remote · United States

$120k–$200k / year

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Entry-Level

Forterra AI Platform Engineer

Arlington, VA

$125k–$145k / year

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Senior

Allen Control Systems Computer Vision & Machine Learning, Junior

Austin, TX

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Entry-Level

Code Metal Applied AI Research Engineer

Boston, MA · San Francisco, CA

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Senior

Overland AI Software Engineer, Perception

Seattle, WA

$120k–$300k / year

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Mid-Level

Swarm Aero Software Engineer, Autonomy

Remote

$170k–$250k / year

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Staff / Principal

STARK GNC/Autopilot Engineering Manager (All genders)

Germany

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Manager

Mach Industries Principal Forward Deployed Autonomous Systems Engineer

Huntington Beach, CA

$180k–$210k / year

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Staff / Principal

Skydio Senior Autonomy Engineer - Computer Vision

San Mateo, CA

$170k–$278k / year

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Senior

Verkada Engineering Manager, Agentic Workflows

San Mateo, CA

$200k–$340k / year

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Manager

Scout AI Senior AI Engineer

Remote · Sunnyvale, CA

$200k–$400k / year

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Senior

Distributed Spectrum Machine Learning Research, RF Foundation Models Specialist

New York, NY

$200k–$300k / year

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Senior

NODA AI AI/ML Engineer

Austin, TX

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Mid-Level

Dominion Dynamics Head of Autonomy, Maritime

Canada

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Director

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