13 days ago
Base Salary
$130k - $200k/yr
Responsibilities
- Deploy with customers globally, including up to 50% travel and on-water testing.
- Develop AI and autonomy applications using Shield AI’s enterprise software development kit for maritime missions and platforms.
- Integrate Shield AI software with maritime platform controls, sensors, navigation systems, and communications.
- Provide customer technical support, training, software debugging, and API integration assistance.
- Support pre-sales demonstrations, conferences, immersions, and post-sales deployments.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation and training materials.
- Collaborate with product engineering teams to address customer feedback and improve products.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of industry experience, including at least 2 years in integration or applications engineering and at least 2 years in a startup environment.
- Strong software engineering background and proficiency in modern C++.
- Intermediate proficiency in Python.
- Experience developing or integrating software for maritime platforms, marine robotics, or autonomous vessel systems.
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Preferred experience includes defense maritime or marine robotics, maritime navigation, vessel control, collision avoidance, radar, AIS, sonar, autonomous vessel demonstrations, or sea trials.
- Preferred qualifications include experience building or running a small enterprise software or solutions engineering team and an advanced degree in robotics or autonomy-related fields.
Benefits
- Full-time regular employees receive pay within the listed range, bonus, benefits, and equity.
- Temporary employees receive the applicable temporary benefits package after 60 days of employment.
- Offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check.
- The role involves up to 50% global travel, including international and multi-week customer engagements.
- 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.