Engineer I, Software - Factory Team (R6235)

Shield; Washington; On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI in Washington is seeking a Software Engineer I to help build and maintain automated testing, log-analysis, and scenario-generation tools that support the Hivemind Platform. You will work with experienced software, autonomy, and systems engineers to evaluate AI Pilot behaviours through repeatable simulation testing and data-driven performance analysis.

This is a hands-on role focusing on Python tooling, test automation scripts, analysis utilities, and documentation to help teams run

Qualifications

• Early-career software developer seeking hands-on experience.
• Experience with Python tooling, test automation, or automation scripting.
• Ability to analyze data from simulations and tests.
• Familiarity with distributed systems concepts is a plus.
• Interest in autonomy, simulation, and software test infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain automated testing, log-analysis, and scenario-generation tools for the Hivemind Platform.
• Collaborate with software, autonomy, and systems engineers to evaluate AI Pilot behaviors via simulations.
• Contribute Python tooling, test automation scripts, and analysis utilities.
• Create documentation to help teams run tests and interpret results.

Skills

Python

Automation testing

Data analysis

Distributed systems

Containerization

CI/CD

Tools

Docker

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

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-BATaircraft, 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.

Job Description:

As an Software Engineer I on the HMS Factory Team, you will help build and maintain automated testing, log-analysis, and scenario-generation tools that support the Hivemind Platform (HMP). You will work with experienced software, autonomy, and systems engineers to help teams evaluate AI Pilot behaviors through repeatable simulation testing and data-driven performance analysis.

This is a hands-on engineering role for an early-career developer interested in autonomy, simulation, software test infrastructure, data analysis, and distributed systems. You will contribute Python-based tooling, test automation scripts, analysis utilities, and documentation that help autonomy and systems developers run tests, understand simulation results, and identify software issues.

You will also gain exposure to secure and commercial development environments, build and dependency-management workflows, containerized infrastructure, and distributed test orchestration. Under guidance from senior engineers, you will help improve the reliability, usability, and scalability of the team’s testing and analysis ecosystem.