Staff Safety-Critical Software Engineer (R5788)

Telemetry Today LLC; San Diego, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI in San Diego is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to drive design, development, and integration of a real-time Run-Time Assurance product for edge autonomy. You will implement safety-critical software and define interfaces for production systems.

The role emphasizes rigorous coding standards, collaboration with the Hivemind Foundations team, and delivering software that can fly and operate with Shield AI's Group 5 UAVs including X-BAT.

Qualifications

• Experience in C++ for safety-critical or real-time systems.
• Ability to design interfaces and tests for production software.
• Experience integrating reusable safety capabilities into autonomous systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain C++ software following rigorous coding standards.
• Integrate safety capabilities into production systems.
• Collaborate to support the Run-Time Assurance product for edge autonomy.

Skills

C++

Real-time systems

Safety-critical

Tools

X-BAT

Job description

Shield AI is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help drive the design, development, and integration of a safety critical Run-Time Assurance (RTA) product. The Hivemind Foundations team is responsible for a suite of core products and capabilities that brings resilient autonomy and intelligence to aircraft and other platforms operating in complex environments. The RTA product that the Foundations team develops is a real-time safety capability that helps keep autonomy safe, predictable, and effective at the edge.

As a member of the Foundations team, you will be responsible for driving C++ software development against rigorous coding standards and requirements, integration of reusable safety capabilities into production systems, defining clean interfaces and tests, and turn safety-critical designs into reliable software that can fly, including support for X-BAT, Shield AI's flagship Group 5 Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) UAV.