Shield AI
Applications Engineer, Autonomy (open level)
$181K–$318K
San Diego, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of industry experience; 2+ years in an integration/applications engineering role; 2+ years working in a startup environment. The posting also says exceptional mid-level engineers may be considered.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field; advanced technical degree preferred.
About the job
Deploys and integrates Shield AI’s Hivemind autonomy software with customers, providing technical support, developing autonomy applications, and relaying customer feedback to engineering teams.
What you'll do
- Deploy and integrate software with customers on-site, including debugging API and software integration issues and providing technical support and training.
- Develop AI and autonomy applications using the Shield AI enterprise software development kit; maintain technical documentation and training materials.
- Support pre-sales demonstrations and collaborate with product engineering to address customer feedback and improve products.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 5+ years of industry experience; 2+ years in an integration/applications engineering role and 2+ years in a startup environment.
- Strong proficiency writing modern C++ code and intermediate proficiency writing Python code.
- Strong software engineering background and excellent problem-solving, analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Nice to have
- Experience in the defense aviation or robotics industry.
- Experience building and running a small enterprise software applications/solutions engineering team; advanced technical degree, especially in robotics or autonomy related fields.
Pay
USD 152000-$228,000 base salary (Senior Engineer); USD $181,000-$272,000 base salary (Staff Engineer); USD $212,000-$318,000 base salary (Senior Staff Engineer)
Tools
Hivemind, C++, Python, Shield AI enterprise software development kit
AI focus
Develop AI and autonomy applications and support deployment and integration of AI and autonomy products.
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