Perception & Autonomy Software Engineer

Shield; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI’s Perception team builds software that helps autonomous aircraft and vehicles understand their surroundings and make decisions in the real world. We’re looking for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving difficult perception problems and turning those solutions into reliable autonomy capabilities.

You’ll bring depth in an area such as object tracking, classical/ML-based detection, computer vision, optimal state estimation, or sensor fusion.

Qualifications

• Experience in perception systems for autonomous platforms.
• Proficiency in object tracking, detection, and sensor fusion.
• Strong knowledge of computer vision concepts and state estimation.

Responsibilities

• Help build perception software for autonomous aircraft and vehicles.
• Turn ideas into reliable autonomy capabilities from concept to deployment.
• Collaborate with autonomy, simulation, platform, and test engineers.

Skills

Object tracking

Computer vision

ML-based detection

Sensor fusion

State estimation

Job description

Shield AI’s Perception team builds software that helps autonomous aircraft and vehicles understand their surroundings and make decisions in the real world. We’re looking for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving difficult perception problems and turning those solutions into reliable autonomy capabilities.

You’ll bring depth in an area such as object tracking, classical/ML-based detection, computer vision, optimal state estimation, or sensor fusion.