Shield AI
Senior Engineer, Autonomy Software Integration - San Mateo (R6246)
San Mateo, California · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Experience
- Typically 3–5 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree, or 2 years with a master’s degree.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in CS, Comp Eng, Robotics, or a related field; alternatively, a master’s degree with 2 years of related experience.
About the job
Integrates, deploys, and validates Shield AI’s Hivemind autonomy software across simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and flight platforms, improving interoperability and developer workflows.
What you'll do
- Integrate autonomy algorithms, perception pipelines, middleware, and platform interfaces; bring up autonomy software on robotic hardware.
- Build integration and deployment tools, improve CI/CD workflows, and validate cross-platform compatibility and system requirements.
- Analyze logs, telemetry, and rosbag data to diagnose integration issues and coordinate fixes across teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in CS, Comp Eng, Robotics, or a related field with 3–5 years of related experience, or a master’s degree with 2 years.
- Proficiency in Python or C++.
- Experience with autonomous systems, server applications, or middleware.
- Experience designing integration workflows and triaging defects across subsystem boundaries; strong CI/CD expertise.
Nice to have
- Experience with simulation tools and hardware-in-the-loop testing, hardware or embedded systems, or ROS.
- Experience with complex system architecture, white box testing, automated testing tools, or networking, operating systems, and radio communications.
Tools
Hivemind SDK, Python, C++, Software-in-the-Loop (SIL), Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL), ROS, CI/CD, rosbag
AI focus
Integrates and validates AI-powered autonomy capabilities for autonomous robotics and multi-agent systems.
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