3 months ago
San Diego, CA, USAMid Level / Senior
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$152k - $228k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead integration of Hivemind autonomy onto expeditionary and emerging-operations platforms.
- Develop and maintain software interfaces connecting autonomy with vehicle subsystems, autopilots, payloads, mission computers, and platform services.
- Configure Linux mission-computing environments, middleware, containers, and deployment pipelines.
- Integrate sensors, payloads, radios, tactical networks, ground control stations, and mission systems.
- Develop reusable platform-onboarding frameworks, interface adapters, and deployment mechanisms.
- Support SIL, HIL, VIL, and representative integration environments before flight.
- Lead debugging across hardware, embedded software, networking, and autonomy interfaces.
- Support demonstrations, exercises, surrogate operations, and customer events.
- Coordinate integration activities across autonomy, systems engineering, flight test, program leadership, and external partners.
- Mentor junior engineers and drive engineering best practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
- 4–7 years of experience in integration and testing of robotics, autonomy, aerospace, or similar complex systems.
- Proficiency in C++ and Python, with familiarity with real-time operating systems.
- Proficiency in Linux-based development.
- Experience integrating complex software systems with vehicle platforms, mission-computing environments, payloads, sensors, and communications systems.
- Experience with sensor integration and middleware frameworks such as ROS.
- Hands-on experience supporting field tests, demonstrations, or operational events.
- Strong systems engineering and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
- Preferred experience includes ArduPilot or PX4, unmanned aerial systems, autonomy, robotics, aerospace systems, flight controllers, radios, communications systems, and CI/CD.
Benefits
- Full-time regular employees receive pay within the listed range, bonus, benefits, and equity.
- Temporary employees receive pay within the listed range and a temporary benefits package applicable after 60 days of employment.
- 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.