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.
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.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
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
