Staff Engineer Core Platform 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 software and platform infrastructure across simulation, hardware, vehicle, and edge-deployment workflows. You will build developer tooling and reference implementations, support embedded hardware bring-up, improve platform reliability and APIs, and resolve integration gaps with cross-functional partners.
Requirements
- Software engineering
- Robotics
- Autonomy
- Embedded systems
- Distributed systems
- C++
- Python
- Developer tooling
- Configuration systems
- Orchestration
- Automation
- Linux
- Hardware interfaces
- API
- Oscilloscope
- Logic analyzer
- Protocol analyzer
- SIL
- HIL
- VIL
- Embedded Linux
- BSP
- Build systems
- Device trees
- Bootloaders
- Edge deployment
- Fleet management
- OTA
- Jetson
- Qualcomm
- i.MX8
- Sensor drivers
- Hardware abstraction layer
Responsibilities
- Own platform integration across SIL, HIL, VIL, and edge deployment workflows
- Build and maintain reference workspaces, implementations, and tooling
- Integrate software across hardware, sensors, controllers, APIs, configuration, orchestration, and fleet management
- Support embedded platform bring-up and hardware diversification
- Improve platform stability, API quality, developer experience, and scalability
- Identify integration gaps and deliver durable solutions
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Equity
- Temporary benefits package after 60 days of employment