Senior Engineer, Autonomy Software Integration

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.