Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Applications Engineering

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. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai . Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn , X , Instagram , and YouTube .
The Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Applications Engineering will provide collaborate with customers to help them enable edge-AI and autonomy to platforms across sea, air, and space. This role involves working closely with customers to understand their requirements, writing code, developing new capabilities and ensuring successful software/hardware integration.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Become an expert user of the Hivemind Enterprise Autonomy Software Development Kit.
• Develop AI & Autonomy software capabilities using Hivemind for unmanned platforms across air/sea/space.
• Examples of Projects You will Work On:
• Autonomous teaming drones.
• Teaming between helicopters and drones.
• Autonomy on Robodogs.
• AI Pilots for Fighter Jets
• and more that we aren’t allowed to publicly share!
• Enable customers to integrate Hivemind autonomy to their vehicles/platforms.
• Debug software/API integration issues.
• Deploy Hivemind AI infrastructure at customer sites.
• Provide technical training to customers for their autonomy development efforts.
• Collaborate with the product and engineering teams to address customer feedback and improve products.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation
• Travel to and stay at customer sites as required for deployment / training / flight testing etc. (~30% travel).
Examples of Projects You will Work On:
• Autonomous teaming drones.
• Teaming between helicopters and drones.
• Autonomy on Robodogs.
• AI on Fighter Jets… and more that we aren’t allowed to publicly share!

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 4+ years of experience 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/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 converse fluently in Hindi and English.

PREFFERED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ability to travel to USA for up to 3 months at a time for training.

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