Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Applications Engineering

The role

This role helps customers add edge-AI and autonomy to sea, air and space platforms. You will work closely with customers on their requirements, write code, build new capabilities and make software and hardware work together.

What you will do

• Become an expert user of the Hivemind Enterprise Autonomy Software Development Kit.
• Develop AI and autonomy software capabilities using Hivemind for unmanned platforms across air, sea and space.
• Enable customers to integrate Hivemind autonomy into their vehicles and platforms.
• Debug software and API integration issues.
• Deploy Hivemind AI infrastructure at customer sites.
• Provide technical training to customers for their autonomy development efforts.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to address customer feedback and improve products.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or a related field.
• 7+ years of industry experience, or 4+ years plus a master's degree.
• Ability to travel and stay deployed at customer sites across India.
• 3+ years of experience in an integration or applications engineering role.
• 2+ years of experience working in a startup environment.
• Strong technical background in software engineering.
• Strong proficiency in modern C++.
• Intermediate proficiency in Python.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to converse fluently in Hindi and English.

Nice to have

• Experience in the defense aviation or robotics industry.
• Experience building and running a small enterprise software applications or solutions engineering team.
• Ability to travel to the USA for up to 3 months at a time for training.

Benefits

• Comprehensive total rewards package aligned to your country office location.

Before you apply

• Ability to travel and stay deployed at customer sites across India is required.

About the company

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies.