# Manager, Engineering

**Company:** [Shield AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/shield-ai)
**Location:** San Diego, CA
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $160k – $240k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Python, C++, ROS, Autonomous Systems, Middleware, Software Integration, System Validation, Hardware-In-The-Loop, Software-In-The-Loop, Debugging, Software Architecture
**Posted:** 2026-07-01

> Lead a team of engineers responsible for integrating, validating, and scaling the Hivemind autonomy platform across simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and flight environments. Requires 7+ years experience, technical leadership in integration and test, and hands-on expertise with autonomy stacks, Python/C++, and ROS.

## Job Description

## What you'll do
- Mentor, and develop a team of engineers focused on software integration, system validation, and developer experience.
- Establish team priorities, drive execution, and foster a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement.
- Actively contribute to system integration, validation, and debugging activities and develop deep expertise in our autonomy stack.
- Guide the architecture and implementation of integration frameworks, deployment workflows, and configuration management tools that streamline validation across Software-in-the-Loop (SIL), Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL), and flight environments.
- Review system logs, telemetry, and rosbag data to diagnose integration defects.
- Lead cross-functional investigations, establish corrective actions, and create tooling that accelerates debugging and issue resolution.
- Ensure integrated capabilities meet product requirements and interface specifications.

## Required qualifications
- Typically requires a minimum of 7 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree in CS, Comp Eng, Robotics, or a related field; or 6 years and a master’s degree; or 4 years with a PhD.
- Proficiency in programming languages including Python or C++.
- Experience with autonomous systems or middleware.
- Demonstrated experience designing integration workflows, communicating system dependencies, and triaging and reporting integration defects across subsystem boundaries.
- Strong problem-solving skills and a proven track record of delivering high-quality software solutions.
- Excellent communication skills, capable of collaborating effectively across various teams and presenting to customers or technical leadership.
- Experience leading software integration engineers and owning integration roadmaps and release schedules.

## Preferred qualifications
- Demonstrated experience building complex systems with a strong understanding of software architecture and design principles.
- Experience with hardware or embedded systems.
- Expert knowledge of Python.
- Experience with ROS.
- Experience with white box testing.
- Familiarity with networking, operating-systems, and radio communications.
- Experience supporting customer applications.

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