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 . 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.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• 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).

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 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.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 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.

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