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Autonomy & Perception Software Engineer (R5911)

Shield AI · San Diego, California

CHECKED 5H AGO

Defenseonsitestaff$165k–$300k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Build perception capabilities for autonomous systems across air, maritime and ground.
  • Turn prototypes and research into reusable product capabilities in Hivemind SDK.
  • Develop detection, tracking and mapping for Hivemind autonomy software.

Ideal candidate

A product-minded perception engineer who loves turning research prototypes into reliable, fielded autonomy and thrives owning capabilities end-to-end from algorithm to delivery.

Requirements

  • Depth in at least one core area such as object detection, tracking, computer vision, image processing, sensor modeling or sensor fusion
  • Comfortable working across adjacent parts of the perception stack
  • Experience developing production C++ libraries through integration, verification and delivery

Lab profile

About Shield AI

Venture-backed defense-tech company building intelligent autonomy systems to protect service members and civilians.

What they build

  • Hivemind autonomy software
  • V-BAT aircraft
  • X-BAT aircraft

Known for

  • AI autonomy
  • Unmanned aircraft engineering
  • Aerodynamics and aerostructures
  • Simulation and synthetic reality

Key facts

  • Venture-backed
  • Offices across U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific
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