Integration Engineer II
Shield AI is a U.S. defense-technology company developing mission-autonomy software and autonomous aircraft for military and allied operations.
Funding history
Investors
About Shield AI
Founded in 2015, Shield AI builds Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft for operations in contested, GPS- and communications-denied environments. Its current site also presents Aechelon synthetic-reality simulation and Vision Systems detection and tracking products.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will build and maintain hardware-in-the-loop test infrastructure for mission autonomy and vision systems. You will create automated Python test tools, execute integration and regression tests in HIL, SIL, and VIL environments, diagnose failures, and document reproducible configurations. You will also integrate sensors, camera pods, gimbals, processing hardware, and supporting electronics, while supporting ground and flight tests.
Requirements
- 2 years of related engineering experience or equivalent practical experience
- Experience integrating and testing hardware and software in robotics, UAS, avionics, or vision systems
- Python
- Electrical and mechanical skills
- Wiring diagrams and pinouts
- Digital multimeter
- Linux
- Networking
- Technical documentation
- Ability to obtain and maintain a SECRET clearance
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain HIL test infrastructure for autonomy and vision systems
- Create and execute integration, regression, and system test plans in HIL, SIL, and VIL environments
- Build Python tools for test execution, data collection, and analysis
- Develop and execute HIL tests for vision systems
- Diagnose failures using test data and system logs
- Improve test fixtures, automation, and test coverage
- Install, integrate, and perform functional checkout of vision systems
- Load, configure, and validate software and firmware releases
- Troubleshoot sensor, compute, power, network, and mechanical interfaces
- Support ground and flight tests, demonstrations, and field evaluations
Benefits
- Bonus
- Equity