Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Applications Engineering

The role

Work with customers to help them add edge-AI and autonomy to sea, air and space platforms. Write code, build new capabilities and make the 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.
• Travel to and stay at customer sites for deployment, training and flight testing.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 4+ years of industry experience, or 2+ years of experience 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 writing modern C++ code.
• Intermediate proficiency in writing Python code.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to converse fluently in Hindi and English.

Nice to have

• 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 that builds intelligent systems to protect service members and civilians. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation technologies.