9 months ago
Base Salary
$152k - $229k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop expertise in Shield AI’s autonomy stack and integrate multi-agent systems across simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and flight environments.
- Integrate autonomy algorithms, perception pipelines, middleware, and platform interfaces into the product.
- Lead autonomy software bring-up and validation on new robotic hardware platforms.
- Configure sensor drivers, communication interfaces, and platform adapters for prototype and production vehicles.
- Architect and implement integration frameworks, deployment scripts, and configuration management tools.
- Ensure cross-platform compatibility and resolve integration issues across system boundaries.
- Analyze logs, telemetry, and rosbag data to identify root causes and drive defect resolution.
- Improve integration pipelines, define integration checkpoints, and validate release readiness.
- Verify that integrated capabilities meet product requirements and interface specifications.
Requirements
- Typically requires 7 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree, 6 years with a master’s degree, or 4 years with a PhD in computer science, computer engineering, robotics, or a related field.
- Proficiency in Python or C++.
- Experience with autonomous systems, server applications, or middleware.
- Experience designing integration workflows, communicating system dependencies, and triaging integration defects across subsystem boundaries.
- Proficiency with simulation tools and hardware-in-the-loop testing environments.
- Strong expertise with CI/CD pipelines and a record of delivering high-quality software solutions.
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, including presenting to customers or technical leadership.
- Preferred qualifications include complex systems and software architecture experience, hardware or embedded-systems experience, expert Python knowledge, ROS experience, white-box testing, networking, operating-system and radio-communications familiarity, and automated testing-tooling experience for GUI and server applications.
Benefits
- Full-time employees receive bonus, benefits, and equity in addition to pay within the listed range.
- Temporary employees receive a temporary benefits package 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.