7 hours ago
Base Salary
$79k - $110k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop C++ software interfaces between Hivemind and sensors, flight controllers, payloads, radios, and vehicle systems.
- Build and maintain interface blocks, platform adapters, and middleware components.
- Integrate sensor and vehicle-system data into autonomy software.
- Implement and debug MAVLink, serial, TCP/UDP, and multicast communication interfaces.
- Configure and deploy software on Linux-based mission computers.
- Support SIL, HIL, VIL, and laboratory integration testing.
- Develop Python scripts and tools for testing, configuration, data analysis, and troubleshooting.
- Debug software interface, data format, timing, networking, configuration, and system behavior issues.
- Collaborate with autonomy, systems, test, and flight teams to integrate and validate software on new platforms.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline, with equivalent practical experience considered.
- C++ programming experience from coursework, projects, research, or student teams.
- Familiarity with Linux and basic software debugging.
- Understanding of classes, data structures, interfaces, and object-oriented programming.
- Interest in robotics, embedded software, distributed systems, autonomy, or aerospace systems.
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills.
- Preferred qualifications include robotics or engineering-team experience, familiarity with ROS/ROS 2, ArduPilot, PX4, MAVLink, CMake, Git, Docker, serial, CAN, TCP/UDP, multicast, sensors, flight controllers, embedded systems, mission computers, and Python.
Benefits
- Full-time employees receive bonus, benefits, and equity in addition to pay within the listed range.
- Temporary employees receive a temporary benefits package applicable after 60 days of employment.
- Offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check.
- Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits.
About Shield AI
Shield AI builds autonomous systems for military and national security customers, combining its Hivemind autonomy software with V-BAT and X-BAT unmanned aircraft and Aechelon simulation technologies. The privately held company sells hardware, software, and related services to U.S. and allied defense agencies. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Diego, it operates across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, and its technology is used in operational deployments.