3 months ago
Base Salary
$230k - $350k/yr
Responsibilities
- Research, design, and implement algorithms for optimal task allocation, scheduling, and temporal sequencing of heterogeneous autonomous vehicles.
- Improve C++ mission-planning software for multiple vehicle types and compute platforms.
- Develop mission decomposition, distributed action planning, and human-operator workload optimization capabilities.
- Support full software- and hardware-in-the-loop simulation of complex multi-agent missions.
- Architect core-system software, set engineering standards, refine technical requirements, and drive strategic technical improvements.
- Collaborate with engineers, program managers, and product managers on technical roadmaps for autonomy solutions and SDK offerings.
- Mentor other engineers.
Requirements
- Typically requires a PhD with graduate work in Optimization or Operations Research, or a master’s degree with at least four years of work in those areas.
- Expertise in integer or mixed-integer linear programming, constraint programming, convex optimization, and multi-objective optimization.
- Experience using established optimization solvers such as Gurobi, Google-OR, or CPLEX.
- Significant experience implementing algorithms in C++ and debugging multithreaded execution with tools such as gdb.
- Optimization publications are preferred.
Benefits
- 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.
- Employment offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check.
Tech Stack
Categories
Robotics
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.