Staff Engineer (Autonomy Software Integration)

Shield AI; California; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent Medical Coverage

Mental Health Employee Assistance Prog

Paid Parental Leave

Pet Insurance

Flexible Work Hours

Onsite Gym (DC)

Gym Discount (San Diego)

Free Parking

Competitive Compensation

Stock Benefits

401K Services and Match

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking an experienced Software Integration Engineer to advance our autonomy stack across simulation, HIL, and real hardware deployments. You will bridge engineering development with customer-focused workflows, driving reliable integration in multi-agent systems and sensor pipelines.

You will work with Python, C++, ROS, and CI/CD tooling to ensure robust platform bring-up on robotic hardware and mission-ready deployments, collaborating across engineering and product teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree in CS, Comp Eng, Robotics, or related field.
• Experience with autonomous systems, server apps or middleware.
• Proficiency in Python or C++ and ROS knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Become a power user of the Hivemind SDK and identify gaps from a customer perspective.
• Develop and validate customer use cases and evaluate ease of use for autonomy developers.
• Integrate new autonomy capabilities into the platform and anticipate edge cases.
• Lead integration of autonomy software onto robotic hardware platforms.
• Configure sensor drivers, communication interfaces, and platform adapters.
• Build integration tooling and CI/CD frameworks for SIL, HIL, and flight environments.
• Analyze system logs and telemetry to diagnose integration defects.

Skills

Integration workflows

Problem solving

Python

C++

ROS

CI/CD

HIL testing

Middleware

Server apps

Communication

Education

Bachelor in CS/Comp Eng/Robotics

Tools

Simulation tools

HIL testing

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

• The Hivemind Quality team is committed to ensuring our autonomy platform delivers a seamless developer experience and enables customers to build world-class autonomous systems
• We focus on integrating, validating, and continuously improving the Hivemind ecosystem—spanning autonomy behaviors, sensor processing, multi-agent coordination, ground-control systems, and embedded platforms
• Our mission is to ensure that autonomy developers can efficiently build, test, and deploy autonomous applications that meet real-world mission objectives
• In this role, you will become a power user of the Hivemind SDK, deeply understanding its capabilities and identifying gaps from a customer perspective
• You will develop and validate customer use cases, evaluate the ease of use for autonomy developers, and provide actionable feedback to Engineering and Product teams
• You will play a critical role in integrating new autonomy capabilities into the platform, assessing feature completeness, and anticipating novel customer workflows and edge cases
• This position bridges the gap between engineering development and real-world autonomy applications—ensuring our platform empowers customers to build reliable, mission-ready autonomous systems
• Become a systems integration expert for autonomous robotics: Develop deep expertise in our AI-powered autonomy stack
• Learn to configure, deploy, and integrate multi-agent systems across simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and flight platforms
• Understand the full system end-to-end—from sensor inputs to autonomous behaviors
• Integrate new capabilities into the autonomy stack: Collaborate cross-functionally with development teams to bring autonomy algorithms, perception pipelines, middleware, and platform interfaces into the integrated product. Ensure seamless interoperability between components
• Enable platform bring-up and validation: Lead the integration of autonomy software onto new robotic hardware platforms
• Configure sensor drivers, communication interfaces, and platform adapters to enable full autonomy stack functionality on prototype and production vehicles
• Develop integration tooling & infrastructure: Architect and implement integration frameworks, deployment scripts, and configuration management tools that streamline bringing new capabilities into Software-in-the-Loop (SIL), Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL), and flight environments
• Support cross-platform compatibility: Work with other integration engineers to ensure the autonomy stack operates reliably across all supported platforms, operating systems, and deployment configurations. Identify and resolve integration issues across system boundaries
• Analyze system behavior and root-cause issues: Evaluate system logs, telemetry, and rosbag data to diagnose integration defects. Collaborate with developers to isolate issues to specific subsystems and drive resolution. Create analysis tooling to accelerate debugging
• Optimize integration workflows and CI/CD: Partner with DevOps teams to streamline integration pipelines, reduce build-to-deploy cycle times, and ensure robust continuous integration of new features. Define integration checkpoints and criteria for release readiness
• Validate system requirements and interface contracts: Work with engineers to ensure integrated capabilities meet product requirements and interface specifications. Assist in developing tooling to verify end-to-end system compliance and traceability

Benefits

• Excellent Medical Coverage
• Mental Health Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Parental Leave
• Pet Insurance
• Flexible Work Hours
• Onsite Gym (DC)
• Gym Discount (San Diego)
• Free Parking
• Competitive Compensation
• Stock Benefits
• 401K Services and Match

We are seeking an experienced Software Integration Engineer passionate about autonomy developmentDemonstrated experience designing integration workflows, communicating system dependencies, and triaging and reporting integration defects across subsystem boundariesStrong problem-solving skills and a proven track record of delivering high-quality software solutionsProficiency with simulation tools and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing environmentsTypically requires a minimum of 7 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree in CS, Comp Eng, Robotics, or a related field; or 6 years and a master’s degree; or 4 years with a PhDExcellent communication skills, capable of collaborating effectively across various teams and presenting to customers or technical leadershipExperience with autonomous systems or server applications or middlewareProficiency in programming languages including Python or C++Strong expertise with CI/CD pipelinesExpert knowledge of PythonExperience designing automated tooling for testing for GUI applicationsExperience designing automated tooling for testing server applicationsExperience with ROSFamiliarity with networking, operating-systems, and radio communicationsDemonstrated experience building complex systems with a strong understanding of software architecture and design principlesExperience with hardware or embedded systemsExperience with white box testing