Shield AI
Staff Engineer, Core Platform Integration (R5411)
$190K–$290K
San Diego, California · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jul 23, 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 platform software across hardware, sensors, controllers, APIs, configuration, orchestration, and fleet/device management.
- Support embedded platform bring-up and improve platform stability, API quality, developer experience, and scalability in collaboration with cross-functional 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; includes using measurement or diagnostic tools to debug embedded communication interfaces.
- B.S. or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field; ability to work independently 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, fleet or OTA workflows, embedded compute platforms, or sensor, controller, vehicle, and hardware-abstraction integrations.
Pay
USD 190,000–290,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
C++, Python, Linux, Jetson, Qualcomm, i.MX8, SIL, HIL
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