Senior Engineer, C++ Software (R5848)

The role

You will lead the technical direction of edge software for autonomous systems, including architecture across teams and products. You will also keep writing and debugging production C++ software for Linux edge compute platforms, such as NVIDIA Jetson and ARM64 systems.

What you will do

• Own and evolve technical direction for edge compute, imaging, sensor integration and mission systems
• Define architecture and technical strategy across multiple projects, products and teams
• Lead resolution of complex, cross-cutting technical problems
• Establish reusable platforms, interfaces, standards and engineering practices
• Mentor senior engineers and develop other technical leaders
• Design, develop, test and maintain production C++ software for edge and imaging systems
• Build user-space Linux applications for NVIDIA Jetson and ARM64 platforms
• Integrate RGB, NIR and thermal cameras with GPS, IMU and other sensors
• Optimise software for latency, throughput, reliability, power and thermal performance
• Debug issues spanning application software, Linux, networking, hardware and deployment

Required qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics or related discipline, or equivalent industry experience
• Extensive industry experience developing modern C++ software for Linux
• Experience developing user-space applications that interface with cameras, sensors, networking, GPUs or storage
• Deep practical experience developing, profiling and debugging on Linux
• Experience deploying complex C++ software to Linux edge platforms such as NVIDIA Jetson or ARM64
• Strong fundamentals in concurrency, interface design, memory management, algorithms, testing and version control
• Proven ability to diagnose complex issues across software, Linux, networking, timing and hardware
• Experience owning complex work from incomplete requirements through deployment and support
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across engineering teams
• A sustained record of defining architecture for large or mission-critical software systems
• Technical influence across multiple teams, products or disciplines
• Experience mentoring senior engineers and developing technical leaders

Nice to have

• Runtime-critical, multi-threaded or performance-sensitive C++ software
• High-throughput imaging or sensor pipelines, including GStreamer, FFmpeg, OpenCV or ISP tuning
• Hardware-accelerated processing on edge platforms, including CUDA and GPU compute
• Integration of RGB, NIR and thermal cameras, GPS, IMU or GPUs
• Robotics, aerospace, defence, autonomy, unmanned systems or automotive experience
• Systems architecture, interface design and software decomposition
• Low-level Linux, vendor SDKs, driver-adjacent debugging, NixOS, edge AI inference or containerisation
• Automated testing, simulation, software-in-the-loop or hardware-in-the-loop environments

Before you apply

• Salary depends on skill set, experience, licences and certifications, and work location
• All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check

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.