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# Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Integration (R6035) at shieldai

Department: Hivemind Enterprise Division

Compensation

$160,000 – $249,998/yr

**Setup**
: On-site

**Location**
: San Diego, California

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: not_specified

**Posted**
: Oct 3, 2026

## Description

Shield AI is hiring a full-time Autonomy Integration Engineer to build and maintain pilot integration environments, reusable test fixtures, and end-to-end examples for autonomy software. The role develops software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop tests, integrates and debugs planning, controls, simulation, and vehicle interfaces, troubleshoots failures across system boundaries, creates integration tooling and documentation, and supports deployment to representative hardware and flight-test events. Candidates need a bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience, C++ and Python software engineering skills, autonomy and robotics hardware integration experience, Linux debugging experience, and the ability to travel for lab, field, or flight-test events.

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