Perception Software Engineer (C++)

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With nine offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific, Shield AI's technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.

Job Description :

As a senior member within the Hivemind perception team, you will join an ambitious effort to bring autonomy to the world through the rapid design, development, integration, test, and deployment of extensible software solutions to enable GPS-denied navigation, computer vision, object detection & tracking, and sensor fusion on autonomous platforms. You will bring a deep understanding of optimal state estimation, computer vision, sensor integration, data fusion, statistical inference, and dynamics modeling as well as a wealth of professional experience developing software using modern C++ (11 or greater) to this role.

What you'll do :

• Enhance the perception capabilities offered in the Hivemind Software Development Kit (SDK) product
• Serve as the technical conscience of one or more core disciplines within the field of robot perception or localization
• Develop state of the art algorithms relevant to GPS-denied navigation, SLAM, object detection & tracking, and sensor fusion across several operational domains (air, land, maritime, space)
• Write production-quality software in C++ that will be deployed to high-reliability UAS's, ensuring robustness, efficiency, and scalability
• Develop and maintain comprehensive unit, integration, and system tests to validate your software
• Lead the planning and execution of design reviews to introduce new perception capabilities into the Hivemind SDK product
• Create and enhance sensor models within a state-of-the-art simulation environment
• Elevate the performance of high-caliber, agile scrum teams by driving clarity and technical rigor into their feature delivery processes
• Mentor and guide peers and less experienced engineers, fostering technical excellence and high standards across the team
• Work in a fast-paced, collaborative, continuous development environment, enhancing analysis and performance benchmarking capabilities

Required Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications :

Eng 2 : $131,000-$197,000

Senior : $160,000-$240,000

Staff : $187,000-$281,000 >

$131,000 - $281,000 a year

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Full-time regular employee offer package :

Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity

Temporary employee offer package :

Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)

Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.

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