Safety-Critical Software Engineer (R5788)
Shieldai · San Diego, California
About this role
## Safety-Critical Software Engineer (R5788) **About Shield AI** Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with a mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include **Hivemind autonomy software**, **V-BAT** and **X-BAT** aircraft, and **Aechelon** simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology supports operations worldwide. Learn more: https://www.shield.ai Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube. --- ## Role Overview Shield AI is seeking an engineer to help design, develop, and integrate a **safety-critical Run-Time Assurance (RTA)** product. The **Hivemind Foundations** team is responsible for core products and capabilities that bring resilient autonomy and intelligence to aircraft and other platforms operating in complex environments. The RTA product developed by the Foundations team is a **real-time safety capability** that helps keep autonomy **safe, predictable, and effective** at the edge. --- ## Responsibilities - Develop **C++** software - Integrate **reusable safety capabilities** into production systems - Define **clean interfaces** and **tests** - Translate **safety-critical designs** into reliable software that can fly - Support **X-BAT** and Shield AI’s flagship **Group 5 Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) UAV**
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