Senior Engineer Autonomy Software Integration

Shield AI is a U.S. defense-technology company developing mission-autonomy software and autonomous aircraft for military and allied operations.

San Diego, United States
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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Skills

Candidate Availability

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About the Role

You will integrate autonomy software across simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and flight environments. You will configure sensors, communication interfaces, and platform adapters; investigate system issues using logs and telemetry; build integration tooling; improve CI/CD workflows; and validate system requirements and interface contracts.

Requirements

  • 3–5 years of related experience with a bachelor's degree, or 2 years with a master's degree
  • Python or C++
  • Autonomous systems, server applications, or middleware
  • Integration workflow design
  • Hardware-in-the-loop testing
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Problem-solving
  • Cross-functional communication

Responsibilities

  • Develop expertise in the autonomy software stack
  • Configure, deploy, and integrate multi-agent systems across simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and flight platforms
  • Integrate autonomy algorithms, perception pipelines, middleware, and platform interfaces
  • Lead autonomy software integration onto new robotic hardware platforms
  • Configure sensor drivers, communication interfaces, and platform adapters
  • Implement integration frameworks, deployment scripts, and configuration-management tools
  • Analyze logs, telemetry, and rosbag data to diagnose integration defects
  • Improve integration pipelines and continuous integration workflows
  • Validate system requirements and interface contracts

Benefits

  • Bonus
  • Benefits
  • Equity