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Senior Engineer, Autonomy Software Integration

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Senior Engineer, Autonomy Software Integration in USA

  • Shield AI
  • Full time
  • Email
  • San Diego, CA

Responsibilities

  • Develop expertise in Shield AI’s AI-powered autonomy stack and integrate multi-agent systems across simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and flight platforms.
  • Integrate autonomy algorithms, perception pipelines, middleware, and platform interfaces into the integrated product.
  • Lead autonomy software bring-up on new robotic hardware platforms and configure sensor drivers, communication interfaces, and platform adapters.
  • Develop integration frameworks, deployment scripts, configuration management tools, and analysis tooling for SIL, HIL, and flight environments.
  • Diagnose integration defects using system logs, telemetry, and rosbag data, and drive root-cause resolution across subsystems.
  • Partner with DevOps teams to improve integration pipelines, continuous integration, release readiness, and build-to-deploy cycle times.
  • Validate system requirements, interface contracts, end-to-end compliance, and traceability.

Requirements

  • Typically requires 3–5 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, robotics, or a related field, or 2 years of experience with a master’s degree.
  • Proficiency in Python or C++.
  • Experience with autonomous systems, server applications, or middleware.
  • Experience designing integration workflows, communicating system dependencies, and triaging and reporting integration defects across subsystem boundaries.
  • Proficiency with simulation tools and hardware-in-the-loop testing environments.
  • Strong expertise with CI/CD pipelines.
  • Strong problem-solving, software delivery, communication, collaboration, and presentation skills.
  • Preferred qualifications include complex systems and software architecture experience, hardware or embedded systems experience, expert Python knowledge, ROS experience, white-box testing, networking, operating systems, radio communications, and automated testing tooling for GUI and server applications.

Benefits

  • Full-time employees receive pay within the listed range, bonus, benefits, and equity.
  • Temporary employees receive pay within the listed range and a temporary benefits package applicable after 60 days of employment.
  • Offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check; military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits.

Salary: $120k - $190k/yr

Shield AI

Shield AI builds autonomous systems for military and national security customers, combining its Hivemind autonomy software with V-BAT and X-BAT unmanned aircraft and Aechelon simulation technologies. The privately held company sells hardware, software, and related services to U.S. and allied defe...

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