Shield AI
Staff Engineer, Core Platform Integration (R5411)
San Diego, California · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years.
- Education
- B.S. or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
About the job
Develops and integrates core software and platform infrastructure for autonomous systems, from development and testing through deployment.
What you'll do
- Own platform integration across SIL, HIL, VIL, and edge deployment workflows; build reference implementations and developer tooling.
- Integrate software across hardware, sensors, controllers, APIs, configuration, orchestration, and fleet/device management systems; support embedded bring-up.
- Improve platform reliability, APIs, developer experience, and scalability while coordinating with autonomy, hardware, product, and program teams.
What they ask for
- Strong software engineering experience in robotics, autonomy, embedded systems, distributed systems, or similarly complex platforms.
- Strong experience with C++ and Python, plus experience building developer tools, configuration systems, orchestration frameworks, or automation.
- Experience integrating and debugging software across Linux-based systems, hardware interfaces, deployment environments, and APIs, including diagnostic tools for embedded communication interfaces.
- B.S. or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field; ability to independently drive cross-functional work and strong communication and collaboration skills.
Nice to have
- Experience with SIL, HIL, and VIL workflows; embedded Linux, BSP development, build systems, device trees, bootloaders, or hardware bring-up.
- Experience with edge deployment, device or fleet management, OTA workflows, embedded compute platforms, or sensor and vehicle interfaces.
Tools
C++, Python, Linux, SIL, HIL, VIL, Jetson, Qualcomm
AI focus
Integrates platform infrastructure for autonomous systems; no specific AI development work is stated.
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