Engineer, Software- open level (R5285)

Roboticsconnected; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking a very senior software engineer (L5–L8) to join its Special Projects team. You will collaborate across aerospace, robotics, cloud, and other domains to steer technology toward the CTO’s strategic vision and contribute directly to Hivemind’s EdgeOS, Pilot, Forge, and Commander platforms.

Based in the US and working shoulder-to-shoulder with product teams, you will deliver forward-looking implementations, tackle ambiguous problems, and help accelerate solutions from concept to

Qualifications

• Senior software engineer (L5-L8) with cross-disciplinary experience.
• Experience across aerospace, robotics, cloud, game development or interactive media.
• Ability to contribute directly to multiple Hivemind pillars and move fast.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to all pillars of Hivemind and deliver reference implementations.
• Collaborate with product teams to align technology with CTO vision.
• Engage in forward-sprinting efforts to accelerate strategic initiatives.

Skills

C++

Go

Python

Typescript

React

Software engineering

Tools

SDK

CLI

Web portal

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-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.

Job Description:

The Special Projects team at Shield AI is an elite force within the office of the CTO. It consists of a group of very senior (L5-L8) and highly experienced software engineering experts from diverse fields (aerospace, robotics, cloud infrastructure, game development, interactive media design, ...). The charter of this group is to steer technology development towards strategic alignment with the CTO’s vision, through tactical insertion into teams and technologies across the organization. Individuals within this team make direct and at times forward-sprinting contributions to all three pillars of Hivemind, Shield AI’s software ecosystem for developing and deploying resilient intelligent teaming for aircrafts. Hivemind consists of four products: EdgeOS (C++ based high-performance middleware for autonomy development), Pilot (autonomy for the edge built atop EdgeOS; a models-based, modular and open architecture C++ codebase), Forge (Shield AI's AI Factory for the design, development, and testing of Hivemind Edge systems; a service-oriented architecture leveraged through an SDK, CLI, and web portal; a Go, Python, Typescript codebase), Commander (Software and hardware to support rich human-in-the-loop and human-on-the-loop interactions with the Hivemind; a C++-based back-end for interaction with Pilot; and a web-application UI for mission planning, command and control by operators implemented in a Typescript/React codebase). The Special Projects team is chartered to operate effectively within ambiguity. While this team does not own any software products, it tactically and strategically impacts the development of all foundational Hivemind products and leverages those technologies to rapidly deliver low-TRL solutions. This work happens shoulder-to-shoulder with the product teams in some cases, and in a forward-sprinting manner within the Special Projects team in other cases. The result is direct contribution to products in the former case, and development of reference implementations in the latter. The Special Projects team also functions as a pipeline for product and solution engineering teams across the organization. Individuals who enter the Special Projects team rapidly gain depth and breadth in their understanding of the Hivemind software ecosystem. This positions them well for leading technology development effort across the product and solution organization.