Autonomy Applications Engineer & Training Specialist

Lever, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 181,000 - 272,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking an Autonomy Applications Engineer, Learning & Development to accelerate customer adoption of Hivemind through world-class technical training and enablement. This highly technical, customer-facing role masters autonomy software, builds cutting-edge training content, and leads in-person training engagements with customer engineers and technical stakeholders.

You will become a deep expert in the Hivemind stack, develop and maintain training materials, deliver instructor-led

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of relevant experience.
• 3+ years in an applications engineering, integration engineering, solutions engineering, technical training, technical enablement, or similarly customer-facing technical role.
• Strong technical background in software engineering.
• Strong proficiency with modern C++.
• Experience with Python in a professional setting.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Clear interest in being an educator engineer who enjoys instructing technical users and developing their capability.
• Ability to travel approximately 30%, including occasional international travel.

Responsibilities

• Become an expert user of the Hivemind software stack and workflows.
• Lead in-person and hands-on customer training engagements for Hivemind software.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve high-quality technical training materials, guides, labs, and instructor-led content.
• Train customer engineers and technical teams to effectively use Hivemind software and build autonomy applications.
• Help customers troubleshoot software usage issues and support debugging in training contexts.
• Collaborate closely with engineering and product teams to incorporate customer feedback into training content and product improvements.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation and learning resources that help scale customer adoption.
• Help define best practices for autonomy training and customer enablement across Shield AI deployments.
• Represent Shield AI as a technical educator and product expert, helping drive the global proliferation of autonomous systems.

Skills

Modern C++

Python

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Educator mindset

Willingness to travel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field

Job description

Shield AI is seeking an Autonomy Applications Engineer, Learning & Development to accelerate customer adoption of Hivemind through world-class technical training and enablement. This highly technical, customer-facing role masters autonomy software, builds cutting-edge training content, and leads in-person training engagements with customer engineers and technical stakeholders.

You will become a deep expert in the Hivemind stack, develop and maintain training materials, deliver instructor-led