Shield AI
Staff Engineer, Autonomy Software Integration - San Mateo (R4483)
$189K–$283K
San Mateo, California · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Experience
- Typically 7 years of related experience 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; or the stated master’s/PhD alternatives.
About the job
Integrates, deploys, and validates Shield AI’s autonomy software across simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and flight platforms, while improving integration workflows and diagnosing system issues.
What you'll do
- Integrate autonomy capabilities, sensors, middleware, and platform interfaces across robotic hardware and software environments.
- Build integration tooling and optimize deployment and CI/CD workflows; validate system requirements and release readiness.
- Analyze logs, telemetry, and rosbag data to diagnose integration defects and coordinate their resolution.
What they ask for
- Proficiency in Python or C++.
- Experience with autonomous systems, server applications, or middleware.
- Experience designing integration workflows and triaging integration defects across subsystem boundaries.
- Proficiency with simulation tools and HIL testing environments; strong CI/CD expertise.
Nice to have
- Experience with hardware or embedded systems; experience with ROS.
- Experience designing automated testing tools for GUI or server applications.
Pay
USD 188,600–282,900 per-year-salary (base salary)
Tools
Python, C++, Hivemind SDK, Software-in-the-Loop (SIL), Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL), CI/CD, ROS, rosbag
AI focus
Integrates and validates AI-powered autonomy software for autonomous robotics, including autonomy behaviors, perception pipelines, and multi-agent systems.
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