Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Applications Engineering

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai . Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn , X , Instagram , and YouTube .

The Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Applications Engineering will provide collaborate with customers to help them enable edge-AI and autonomy to platforms across sea, air, and space. This role involves working closely with customers to understand their requirements, writing code, developing new capabilities and ensuring successful software/hardware integration.

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Responsibilities

Become an expert user of the Hivemind Enterprise Autonomy Software Development Kit.; Develop AI & Autonomy software capabilities using Hivemind for unmanned platforms across air/sea/space.; Examples of Projects You will Work On:; Autonomous teaming drones.; Teaming between helicopters and drones.; Autonomy on Robodogs.; AI Pilots for Fighter Jets; and more that we aren’t allowed to publicly share!; Enable customers to integrate Hivemind autonomy to their vehicles/platforms.; Debug software/API integration issues.; Deploy Hivemind AI infrastructure at customer sites.; Provide technical training to customers for their autonomy development efforts.; Collaborate with the product and engineering teams to address customer feedback and improve products.; Develop and maintain technical documentation.; Travel to and stay at customer sites as required for deployment / training / flight testing etc. (~30% travel).

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.; 7+ years of experience of industry experience or 4+ years of experience plus a master's degree.; Ability to travel and stay deployed at customer sites across India.; 3+ years of experience in an integration/applications engineering role.; 2+ years of experience working in a startup environment.; Strong technical background in software engineering.; Strong proficiency in writing modern C++ code.; Intermediate proficiency in writing Python code.; Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.; Strong communication and interpersonal skills.; Ability converse fluently in Hindi and English.

Nice to have

Experience in the defense aviation or robotics industry.; Experience building and running a small enterprise software applications/solutions engineering team.; Ability to travel to USA for up to 3 months at a time for training.