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Staff Software Engineer, Embedded Solutions

About Shield AI     

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense technology company focused on protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its flagship autonomy software, Hivemind, powers aircraft, drones, and other platforms, enabling complex missions with high reliability in contested environments. With offices in San Diego, Dallas, Washington, D.C., and internationally, Shield AI’s products actively support U.S. and allied operations worldwide.


For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn,Twitter, and Instagram.   


JOB DESCRIPTION:

Are you a passionate and innovative engineer looking to help develop state of the art robots and AI products? Are you eager to make a positive difference in the world? Do you want to work alongside mission-driven and values focused teammates? Shield AI is just the place for you!


The Hivemind Solutions team is an agile group of engineers focused on developing the software that merges hardware, operating systems and applications for cutting-edge Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). Embedded Software engineers work with electrical engineers, systems engineers, and the autonomy team to design and develop solutions to support modern aerospace sensors, state-of-the-art UAV avionics, and groundbreaking Artificial Intelligence applications.


As a member of the Hivemind Solutions team working on embedded software, you will be responsible for software bring up on custom electronic boards and systems, integration of new operating systems and writing of drivers for a variety of sensors and interfaces, designing and developing applications to provide flight control, navigation, vehicle health, and AI driven autonomous control of various robotic vehicles.


WHAT YOU'LL DO:
  • Bring up new robotic platforms and related systems
  • Write and modify kernel drivers for soft or hard real-time operating systems
  • Develop bare-metal firmware for controlling flight critical components
  • Create software for system diagnostics and testing
  • Work with and modify internal software build systems
  • Research, design, and implement state-of-the-art network centric software applications, taking ideas from conception to field deployment
  • Integrate Shield AI Hivemind Pilots onto robotic vehicles
  • Integrate new operating system onto custom System-On-a-Module (SOM)
  • Integrate 3rd party software onto existing multi-CPU and high-performance GPU hardware system
  • Develop software and firmware to control robotic vehicles
  • Convert legacy bare-metal software to a RTOS based system
  • Create new CI/CD pipelines with automated testing for embedded systems


REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
  • 7+ years experience
  • Bachelors in CS, CE, or EE, or requisite experience
  • Strong C/C++ background a must
  • Linux Kernel or RTOS development and device trees
  • Experience with Linux or RTOS bring up on new hardware
  • Experience in a collaborative development environment, focused on continuous integration/delivery & test-driven development
  • Demonstrated record of working hard, strong communication skills, being a trustworthy teammate, and being kind to others
  • Familiarity with writing thread-safe multi-threaded programs
  • Familiarity with common debugging and profiling tools (e.g. gdb, valgrind, etc.)
  • Familiarity with git, bash, Python


PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Masters in CS, CE, or EE
  • Robotics/UAV software development experience
  • Previous software development utilizing Azure DevOps
  • Developing software for RTOS


$160,160 - $240,240 a year

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Full-time regular employee offer package:

Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity


Temporary employee offer package:

Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)


Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.


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Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. 

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