Staff Perception Engineer – Autonomy & Vision Systems

Shield; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI in San Diego seeks a Staff Engineer to advance perception capabilities for autonomous systems across air, sea, and ground domains. You will drive development from algorithms and production C++ libraries through integration, verification, and delivery within the Hivemind SDK.

This full-stack role requires deep expertise in at least one core area such as object detection, tracking, computer vision, image processing, sensor modeling, or sensor fusion, turning prototypes and research into

Qualifications

• Experience in full-stack perception product development.
• Deep experience in at least one core area: object detection, object tracking, computer vision, image processing, sensor modeling, or sensor fusion.
• Ability to turn prototypes, research, and partner-developed technology into reusable, configurable, well-tested product capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop perception capabilities from algorithms and production C++ libraries through integration, verification, and delivery in the Hivemind SDK.
• Full-stack perception product development across the stack; contribute across adjacent areas.
• Transform prototypes and research into deployable, configurable product capabilities.

Skills

C++

Object detection

Object tracking

Computer vision

Image processing

Sensor modeling

Sensor fusion

Production code

Tools

Hivemind SDK

Job description

Shield AI in San Diego seeks a Staff Engineer to advance perception capabilities for autonomous systems across air, sea, and ground domains. You will drive development from algorithms and production C++ libraries through integration, verification, and delivery within the Hivemind SDK.

This full-stack role requires deep expertise in at least one core area such as object detection, tracking, computer vision, image processing, sensor modeling, or sensor fusion, turning prototypes and research into