Staff Software Engineer, Task Group
Description For Staff Software Engineer, Task Group
Shield AI, founded in 2015, is a venture-backed defense technology company on a mission to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. They are building the world's best AI pilot, Hivemind, which has flown a fighter jet (F-16), a vertical takeoff and landing drone (V-BAT), and a quadcopter (Nova).
As a Staff Software Engineer in the Planning and Controls (PAC) team, you'll work at the intersection of artificial intelligence, task & motion planning, and controls. Your responsibilities include:
- Researching, designing, and implementing state-of-the-art planning algorithms
- Optimizing the planning stack on CPU and GPU
- Developing portable and scalable core systems for different UAS platforms
- Collaborating with the Hivemind Design Software team to build scalable infrastructure
- Working with real-time operating systems and robotics middleware
- Implementing and working with various algorithms, including graph search and sampling-based planning
- Deploying AI stack to edge devices
- Collaborating with DevOps teams on cloud infrastructure and cross-platform builds
You'll be involved in exciting projects such as designing Mission Planning interfaces, porting PAC libraries to CUDA kernels and EdgeOS, and creating analysis and simulation frameworks.
This role offers a competitive salary range of $157,080 - $235,620 per year, plus bonus, benefits, and equity for regular employees. Shield AI also provides additional compensation for international positions, including premiums, allowances, and relocation assistance.
Join Shield AI to contribute to cutting-edge defense technology and be part of a team dedicated to protecting lives through intelligent systems.
Responsibilities For Staff Software Engineer, Task Group
- Research, design, and implement state-of-the-art planning algorithms, taking ideas from conception to field deployment
- Optimize the planning stack on the CPU and GPU
- Develop core systems that must be portable and scalable across different UAS platforms and compute architectures
- Work with Hivemind Design Software team to design and build infrastructure for the PAC team
- Work with soft or hard real-time operating systems
- Work with robotics middleware such as ROS and PX4
- Work on algorithms, including graph search, sampling-based planning, etc.
- Work with and deploy AI stack to edge devices
- Collaborate with DevOps teams to architect and maintain cloud infrastructure
- Assist with cross-platform builds and test orchestration
Requirements For Staff Software Engineer, Task Group
- BS in computer science or related engineering field with 7+ years of professional experience
- Proficient with C++ 11, 14, or 17 in a production environment
- Experience in a collaborative development environment, focused on continuous integration/delivery & test-driven development
- Strong knowledge of modern software engineering best practices
- 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
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