Senior Robotics Software Engineer, Estimation & Visualization

Lever, Inc.; San Diego, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking a software engineer to join the Hivemind SDK State Estimation and Vision team to build tools that help engineers develop, understand, and validate autonomous navigation systems. You will transform complex sensor data into reproducible experiments, clear diagnostics, and actionable performance insights.

Your work spans data ingestion, sensor replay, visualization, calibration workflows, automated evaluation, and regression testing.

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science, robotics, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong software engineering skills in Python and modern C++, able to work in both.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain tools for ingesting, inspecting, synchronizing, and replaying camera, IMU, GNSS, and other navigation sensor data.
• Develop visualization and diagnostics for trajectories, coordinate frames, uncertainty, estimator residuals, feature tracks, and sensor health.
• Create reproducible evaluation workflows that track datasets, software versions, calibration, and configuration.
• Build automated benchmarks and regression tests for estimation accuracy, drift, robustness, runtime, and resource usage.
• Enable batch experiments, parameter sweeps, and comparisons across algorithm versions, datasets, and operating conditions.
• Help engineers diagnose failures involving timestamp alignment, calibration, frame conventions, data quality, and estimator behavior.
• Integrate tooling into SDK APIs, command-line interfaces, and CI workflows, with clear documentation and examples.
• Partner with tool users to identify workflow bottlenecks and deliver reliable, maintainable solutions.

Skills

Python

C++

Linux

Data pipelines

Version control

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in CS/Robotics/EE

Tools

Eigen

OpenCV

Ceres

GTSAM

ROS/ROS 2

Foxglove

Job description

Shield AI is seeking a software engineer to join the Hivemind SDK State Estimation and Vision team to build tools that help engineers develop, understand, and validate autonomous navigation systems. You will transform complex sensor data into reproducible experiments, clear diagnostics, and actionable performance insights.

Your work spans data ingestion, sensor replay, visualization, calibration workflows, automated evaluation, and regression testing.