Shield AI

Senior Autonomy Engineer, Technical Documentation

Shield AI
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2 days ago
San Diego, CA, USASenior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$168k - $252k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Become an expert user of the Hivemind Enterprise product.
  • Contribute to selecting documentation creation platforms and tools.
  • Collaborate with developers and the Customer Engagement team to create technical writing describing product functionality.
  • Create diagrams, flowcharts, and other visual aids for supported workflows.
  • Develop a strategy connecting autogenerated API documentation with handwritten user guides.

Requirements

  • Have a background in robotics and autonomy.
  • Demonstrate coding proficiency with C++.
  • Be highly proficient in technical writing, including academic papers, tutorials, and software product documentation.
  • Understand standards for excellent software product documentation.
  • Work comfortably in a Linux environment.
  • Generate results rapidly with minimal input to support iteration.
  • Communicate excellently.
  • Preferred: familiarity with software versioning, packaging, and deployment practices.
  • Preferred: experience in aviation or aerospace.

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.
  • Offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check.
  • Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits.

Tech Stack

Categories

Robotics
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About Shield AI

1,001-5,000 employees

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.

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