Autonomy Engineer - Planning & Guidance

Shearwater Aerospace • Montreal, Quebec, Canada • Posted March 23, 2026

Location Montreal, Quebec
Job Type Remote
Category Engineers
Posted March 23, 2026

We're Building Autonomous Flight Intelligence


Drones that think for themselves. Not pre-programmed routes—true autonomy where aircraft make intelligent decisions onboard, adapting to weather, obstacles, and airspace in real-time without human intervention.


We're building weather-aware flight optimization that delivers outcome-driven autonomy for the real world—increasing mission success by extending range, endurance, safety, and reliability.


You'll build the simulation engine that makes this possible.


The Opportunity


You'll join as a founding engineer on our autonomy stack, inheriting significant prior work and taking full ownership of where it goes next. Working with our CTO, you'll own the autonomy and guidance layer — the algorithms and systems that translate vehicle capabilities, environmental data, and mission objectives into optimal, adaptive flight behavior. This ...

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