Staff 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
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 integrate autonomy software into simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and flight environments. You will develop integration tooling, diagnose system issues, validate interfaces and requirements, and improve CI/CD workflows for reliable autonomous-system deployment.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of related experience with a bachelor's degree, 6 years with a master's degree, or 4 years with a PhD in computer science, computer engineering, robotics, or a related field
- Python or C++ proficiency
- Experience with autonomous systems, server applications, or middleware
- Experience designing integration workflows and triaging integration defects
- Experience with simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing
- CI/CD expertise
- Strong software problem-solving and communication skills
Responsibilities
- Configure, deploy, and integrate multi-agent systems across simulation, HIL, and flight platforms
- Integrate autonomy algorithms, perception pipelines, middleware, and platform interfaces
- Lead autonomy-software integration on robotic hardware platforms
- Develop integration frameworks, deployment scripts, and configuration-management tools
- Resolve cross-platform integration issues
- Analyze logs, telemetry, and rosbag data to diagnose defects
- Improve integration workflows and CI/CD pipelines
- Validate system requirements and interface contracts
Benefits
- Bonus
- Equity
