Shield AI
Senior Engineer, Human Machine Teaming - Development (R5651)
San Diego, California · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Experience
- Engineer II: typically 2 years with a Bachelor's degree; 0 years with a Master's degree; or a PhD without experience. Senior Engineer: typically 3–5 years with a Bachelor's degree; 2–4 years with a Master's degree; 2 years with a PhD; or equivalent work experience.
- Education
- Degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience, with a minor in human factors engineering, cognitive systems engineering, or human-computer interaction.
About the job
Builds developer experience and development capabilities for Hivemind by translating developer, operator, and customer needs into human-machine-teaming requirements, evaluating tools and interfaces, and supporting implementation.
What you'll do
- Elicit user needs and turn them into testable SDK and HMI requirements; assess delivered systems and document gaps.
- Develop HMT guidance, evaluation methods, documentation, and training; represent HMT in design and engineering decisions.
- Work with developers on code, integration, and API issues, and support field events and operator engagements; travel approximately 40%.
What they ask for
- Software development experience; proficiency in Python and C++, plus familiarity with at least one other relevant language or tool.
- Experience eliciting user needs, translating them into engineering requirements, and assessing delivered systems.
- Degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience, with a minor in human factors engineering, cognitive systems engineering, or human-computer interaction.
- U.S. DoD Secret clearance, ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret, SCI, and/or SAP-level access, and U.S. citizenship.
Nice to have
- Experience in applications, integration, or solutions engineering; autonomy, robotics, or simulation software; or developer-experience research.
- Familiarity with developer platforms and workflows, traceability methods, or AI assurance frameworks; willingness to use agentic AI.
Tools
Hivemind SDK, Forge, Commander, Python, C++, JavaScript, C#, docker
AI focus
The role may use agentic AI to accelerate product development; preferred experience includes applied artificial intelligence in mission autonomy applications.
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