Senior Engineer Autonomy Software Integration and Test
Shield AI is a U.S. defense-technology company developing mission-autonomy software and autonomous aircraft for military and allied operations.
Funding history
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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.
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Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will develop, integrate, test, and deploy autonomy software on unmanned systems. You will build C++ and Python tools, troubleshoot software and hardware, support flight operations and demonstrations, analyze flight data, document procedures, and travel within Ukraine for field support.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related engineering or computer science field, or equivalent practical experience
- 3+ years of software development and integration experience in robotics, autonomy, aerospace, embedded systems, or related fields
- C++
- Python
- Linux
- Hardware and software integration
- Field or flight testing
- MAVLink, PX4, ArduPilot, QGroundControl, or related unmanned systems technologies
- Debugging distributed systems involving networking, sensors, radios, and onboard compute
- Ability to travel within Ukraine
Responsibilities
- Develop production-quality software for autonomous systems
- Design, implement, debug, and maintain autonomy and mission software
- Integrate autonomy software onto unmanned systems
- Develop C++ and Python tools, automation, telemetry pipelines, and test infrastructure
- Support software bring-up, system configuration, and flight readiness
- Troubleshoot software, onboard compute, radios, networking, sensors, and flight controllers
- Support simulation, ground testing, and live flight tests
- Operate Ground Control Stations and mission support systems
- Analyze flight and system data for root-cause analysis
- Document test procedures, integration workflows, and deployment readiness
- Travel to test sites and support field operations