Engineer I, Software - Autonomous Pilot Integration - New Grad - 6125
Shieldai · Washington, D.C.
About this role
## Shield AI — Engineer I, Software (Autonomous Pilot Integration) — New Grad **About the company** 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. **Team overview** The **Autonomous Pilot Integration** team builds and maintains a reusable core pilot and applies it to real programs and platforms. The team combines **Hivemind SDK**, **Perception**, and **Autonomy Capabilities** components into complete mission solutions, adapts them to vehicle and operator interfaces, and validates behavior in simulation, labs, and representative tests. As an **entry-level engineer**, you’ll work with experienced engineers on well-defined software, configuration, and test tasks. You’ll learn how mission behavior, platform control, sensors, and C2 work together—without being expected to independently own an interface, release, or test event. --- ## What you’ll do - Implement **C++** changes to program-specific mission behavior, autonomy configuration, diagnostics, or an assigned platform-interface component (with guidance). - Develop and adapt supported pilot behaviors and reference configurations for defined missions or platforms, contributing reusable improvements to the core pilot (with guidance). - Run builds and unit/integration tests; help reproduce issues using simulation, logs, and telemetry. - Assist with validation of command, status, sensor, and mission data flows in lab or **SIL/HIL** environments. - Document setup steps, interface assumptions, test findings, and reproducible failures for the program team. - Collaborate with the Autonomy Capabilities team on planning and capability interfaces, and with Integration & Test and platform teams on platform interfaces, compute, and test environments. --- ## Hiring timeline - Seeking **Autonomous Software Engineers** for **full-time roles starting in 2027**. - **Paid, in-person, full-time** position for students graduating during the **2026–2027** academic year. - Applications are currently being reviewed for positions starting **after graduation in 2027**.
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