Staff Engineer, Autonomy Software Integration - San Mateo (R4483)

The role

You will act as a power user of the Hivemind SDK, finding gaps from a customer's view and validating customer use cases. You will integrate new autonomy capabilities into the platform and help bring autonomy software onto new robotic hardware.

What you will do

• Become a systems integration expert for autonomous robotics.
• Configure, deploy and integrate multi-agent systems across simulation, hardware-in-the-loop and flight platforms.
• Integrate autonomy algorithms, perception pipelines, middleware and platform interfaces into the integrated product.
• Lead the integration of autonomy software onto new robotic hardware platforms.
• Build integration tooling, frameworks and deployment scripts for SIL, HIL and flight environments.
• Ensure the autonomy stack runs reliably across supported platforms, operating systems and configurations.
• Analyze logs, telemetry and rosbag data to diagnose integration defects.
• Partner with DevOps to streamline integration pipelines and CI/CD.
• Validate that integrated capabilities meet product requirements and interface specifications.
• Give actionable feedback to Engineering and Product teams.

Required qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of related experience with a bachelor's degree in CS, Computer Engineering, Robotics or a related field; or 6 years and a master's degree; or 4 years with a PhD.
• Proficiency in Python or C++.
• Experience with autonomous systems, server applications or middleware.
• Experience designing integration workflows and triaging integration defects across subsystems.
• Proficiency with simulation tools and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing.
• Strong expertise with CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a track record of delivering high-quality software.
• Excellent communication skills, including presenting to customers or technical leadership.

Nice to have

• Experience building complex systems with strong software architecture and design principles.
• Experience with hardware or embedded systems.
• Expert knowledge of Python.
• Experience with ROS.
• Experience with white box testing.
• Familiarity with networking, operating systems and radio communications.
• Experience designing automated testing tools for GUI applications.
• Experience designing automated testing tools for server applications.

Benefits

• Full-time regular employees receive a bonus.
• Full-time regular employees receive benefits.
• Full-time regular employees receive equity.
• Temporary employees receive a temporary benefits package, applicable after 60 days of employment.

Before you apply

• All offers are contingent on a cleared background check and possible reference check.
• Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits.

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.