Shield AI
Autonomy & Perception Software Engineer (R5911)
San Diego, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
About the job
Develop and deploy production perception software for autonomous aircraft and vehicles, taking capabilities from design through integration, testing, and delivery in the Hivemind product.
What you'll do
- Develop perception algorithms and production software in modern C++; own features through integration, testing, and delivery.
- Investigate system behavior using sensor data, simulation, logs, and experiments.
- Collaborate across teams, contribute to technical direction and code/design reviews, and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- Experience delivering production C++ software for perception, robotics, autonomy, or a related technical field.
- Technical depth in at least one of detection, tracking, computer vision, image processing, estimation, or sensor fusion.
- Ability to debug complex systems and build understandable, testable, maintainable software.
- Comfort using Python or similar tools for experimentation and data analysis.
Nice to have
- Experience with real sensors (EO/IR, Radar, LiDAR, IMU).
- Experience with embedded or GPU deployment or resource-constrained compute environments.
Tools
C++, Python, Hivemind, EO/IR, Radar, LiDAR, IMU, Kalman Filtering
AI focus
Develop perception algorithms that help autonomous aircraft and vehicles understand their surroundings and support real-world autonomy decisions.
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