Shield AI
Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Integration (R6035)
$160K–$250K
San Diego, California · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 3, 2026
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in a field such as computer science or robotics, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Build and maintain integration environments, tests, tools, and deployments that verify autonomy software works across components and on representative hardware.
What you'll do
- Maintain Pilot integration environments, reference configurations, test fixtures, and end-to-end tests.
- Integrate and debug autonomy software across planning and controls, simulation, vehicle interfaces, and hardware; support deployment and flight-test events.
- Develop integration adaptors, diagnostics, tooling, documentation, and test-readiness workflows.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in a field such as computer science or robotics, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience developing or integrating planning, controls, or autonomy decision-making software; production software skills in modern C++ and Python.
- Hands-on integration of software with robotic or autonomous hardware, including deployment, interfaces, telemetry, and lab or field debugging.
- Experience with software-in-the-loop or hardware-in-the-loop and automated system-level testing; Linux development and debugging.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting aircraft integration or flight-test readiness.
- Experience with robotics middleware, vehicle protocols such as MAVLink, or integration adaptors.
Pay
USD 160,000–249,998 per-year-salary (base salary)
Tools
C++, Python, Linux, MAVLink
AI focus
Integrate and test autonomy software spanning planning, controls, perception, simulation, and vehicle interfaces.
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