Shield AI
Staff Engineer, Autonomy Software Integration - San Mateo (R4483)
San Mateo, California · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Experience
- Typically 7 years with a bachelor’s degree; or 6 years with a master’s degree; or 4 years with a PhD.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in CS, Comp Eng, Robotics, or a related field; master’s degree or PhD alternatives are stated.
About the job
Integrates, validates, and improves the Hivemind autonomy platform across simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and flight environments so customers can build and deploy reliable autonomous systems.
What you'll do
- Integrate autonomy capabilities and software onto robotic hardware platforms, configuring sensors, interfaces, and platform adapters.
- Build integration frameworks and deployment tools; improve CI/CD and cross-platform workflows.
- Analyze logs, telemetry, and rosbag data to diagnose defects and validate system requirements and interfaces.
What they ask for
- Typically 7 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree in CS, Comp Eng, Robotics, or a related field; or 6 years and a master’s degree; or 4 years with a PhD.
- Proficiency in Python or C++; experience with autonomous systems, server applications, or middleware.
- Experience designing integration workflows and triaging defects across subsystem boundaries.
- Proficiency with simulation tools and HIL testing environments; strong expertise with CI/CD pipelines.
Nice to have
- Experience with hardware or embedded systems; experience with ROS.
- Experience building complex systems and designing automated testing tools.
Tools
Hivemind SDK, Python, C++, ROS, Software-in-the-Loop (SIL), Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL), CI/CD, rosbag
AI focus
Integrates and validates AI-powered autonomy capabilities, including autonomy behaviors, perception pipelines, and multi-agent systems.
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