# Staff Engineer, Software Integration (R4483)
**Company:** [Shield AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/shield-ai)
**Location:** San Diego, CA, San Francisco, CA
**Salary:** $150K-$220K
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Python, C++, ROS, CI/CD, Hil, Simulation Tools, Middleware, Embedded Systems, Autonomous Systems, Rosbag
**Posted:** 2026-01-31
> Integrates autonomy software stack for AI robotics platforms, including multi-agent systems, sensor processing, and hardware deployment across simulation, HIL, and flight environments. Requires 7+ years experience, Python/C++, CI/CD expertise, and strong systems integration skills.
## Job Description
## Responsibilities
- Become a systems integration expert for autonomous robotics: Develop deep expertise in AI-powered autonomy stack.
- Learn to configure, deploy, and integrate multi-agent systems across simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and flight platforms.
- Understand the full system end-to-end—from sensor inputs to autonomous behaviors.
- Integrate new capabilities into the autonomy stack: Collaborate cross-functionally to bring autonomy algorithms, perception pipelines, middleware, and platform interfaces into the integrated product.
- Enable platform bring-up and validation: Lead integration of autonomy software onto new robotic hardware platforms.
- Develop integration tooling & infrastructure: Architect and implement frameworks, deployment scripts, and configuration management tools for SIL, HIL, and flight environments.
- Support cross-platform compatibility: Ensure autonomy stack operates reliably across platforms, OS, and configurations.
- Analyze system behavior and root-cause issues: Evaluate logs, telemetry, rosbag data; create analysis tooling.
- Optimize integration workflows and CI/CD: Streamline pipelines, reduce cycle times.
- Validate system requirements and interface contracts.

## Required Qualifications
- Typically requires minimum of 7 years experience with bachelor's in CS, Comp Eng, Robotics, or related; or 6 years with master's; or 4 years with PhD.
- Proficiency in Python or C++.
- Experience with autonomous systems, server applications, or middleware.
- Experience designing integration workflows, communicating dependencies, triaging defects.
- Proficiency with simulation tools and HIL testing.
- Strong expertise with CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

## Preferred Qualifications
- Experience building complex systems with software architecture knowledge.
- Experience with hardware or embedded systems.
- Expert knowledge of Python.
- Experience with ROS.
- Experience with white box testing.
- Familiarity with networking, operating-systems, radio communications.
- Experience designing automated testing tooling for GUI and server applications.
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