15 days ago
Base Salary
$136k - $204k/yr
Responsibilities
- Implement C++ changes for planning, mission behavior, coordination, and contingency capabilities using established designs.
- Build unit, integration, and simulation tests, define expected results, and investigate test failures.
- Analyze logs and scenario results to identify behavioral, configuration, and interface issues and verify fixes.
- Integrate reusable autonomy capabilities with platform and mission software, perception inputs, and operator-facing interfaces.
- Improve examples, documentation, configuration, and developer tools used to validate and adopt capabilities.
- Coordinate with autonomy, perception, integration, simulation, and GCS/C2 teammates on assigned interfaces.
- Communicate progress, risks, test evidence, and open questions in reviews and debriefs.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a bachelor's, master's, or PhD in computer science, robotics, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related field, with graduation between December 2026 and August 2027.
- Typically two or more years of related experience with a bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience; relevant graduate work or substantial project experience may be considered.
- Working proficiency in C++ or Python and the ability to contribute in the other language with support.
- Experience with Linux development, Git, debugging, and automated software tests.
- Applied experience through work, research, or substantial projects in robotics, planning, controls, AI, simulation, or autonomy software.
- Ability to complete a bounded feature with tests and communicate where guidance or design decisions are needed.
- Ability to obtain a SECRET clearance.
- Preferred experience with motion planning, state machines, multi-agent coordination, decision-making, or optimization.
- Preferred experience with robotics middleware, simulation frameworks, CI, or distributed systems.
- Familiarity with integrating algorithms into production software and evaluating behavior in representative scenarios.
Benefits
- Paid, in-person, full-time position beginning after graduation in 2027.
- Full-time regular 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.
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.