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Shield AI

Robot type
Drone · Defense
Location
San DiegoCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Hardware
Posted
Jul 22, 2026
Salary
$190,000–$290,000 a year
Full-time

Staff Engineer, Core Platform Integration (R5411)

Job description

Shield AI — Staff Engineer, Core Platform Integration (R5411) (San Diego, California).

Job responsibilities

  • Own platform integration across SIL, HIL, VIL, and edge deployment workflows, ensuring components work together reliably and are easy for developers to use.
  • Build and maintain reference work spaces, platform reference implementations, and tooling that accelerate development, testing, deployment, and validation.
  • Integrate platform-level software across hardware, sensors, controllers, APIs, configuration, orchestration, and fleet/device management systems.
  • Support embedded platform bring-up and hardware diversification across developer boards, iron birds, aircraft/vehicle test platforms, and other reference hardware.
  • Improve platform stability, API quality, developer experience, and system scalability for mission-critical product and customer commitments.
  • Partner with autonomy, hardware, product, and program teams to identify integration gaps and deliver durable solutions.

Job requirements

  • 5+ years experience with strong software engineering experience in robotics, autonomy, embedded systems, distributed systems, or similarly complex platforms.
  • Strong experience with C++ and Python and experience building developer tools, configuration systems, orchestration frameworks, or automation.
  • Experience integrating and debugging software across Linux-based systems, hardware interfaces, deployment environments, and APIs, including use of measurement or diagnostic tools such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers,…
  • B.S. or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
  • Ability to work independently in ambiguous technical areas and drive cross-functional integration efforts to completion.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills
  • Experience with SIL, HIL, and VIL workflows for autonomy, robotics, aerospace, automotive, or defense systems.
  • Experience with embedded Linux, BSP development, build systems, device trees, bootloaders, or hardware bring-up.

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