Senior Software Integration Engineer R4472 - shieldai

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and 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:

The Systems & Platform Integration team serves as the engineering bridge between Hivemind autonomy and operational platforms across Shield AI's Expeditionary and Emerging Operations portfolio. Our mission is to rapidly enable new platform adoption by developing the interfaces, configurations, and integration frameworks required to deploy autonomy capabilities across a diverse portfolio that includes XBAT, VBAT, Weapons, Space, Congested Logistics, and Maritime initiatives.

As a Senior Software Integration Engineer, you will lead the integration of Hivemind autonomy onto a diverse portfolio of operational platforms. You will design and implement the software interfaces that connect autonomy with platform control systems, mission computers, payloads, sensors, and communications while resolving complex integration challenges across software, hardware, and networking.

You will own integrations throughout their lifecycle—from interface design and implementation through validation in Software-in-the-Loop (SIL), Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL), and Vehicle-in-the-Loop (VIL) environments to successful demonstrations and operational deployments. This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys solving complex cross-disciplinary integration challenges and wants to see autonomy capabilities transition from development into operational use.

What you'll do:

Lead integration of Hivemind autonomy onto expeditionary and expeditionary operations platforms.

Develop and maintain software interfaces between autonomy, vehicle subsystems, autopilots, payloads, mission computers, and platform services.

Configure Linux mission-computing environments, middleware, containers, and deployment pipelines.

Integrate sensors, payloads, radios, tactical networks, ground control stations, and mission systems.

Develop reusable platform onboarding frameworks, interface adapters, and deployment mechanisms.

Support SIL, HIL, VIL, and representative integration environments to reduce integration risk before flight.

Lead debugging across hardware, embedded software, networking, and autonomy interfaces.

Support demonstrations, exercises, surrogate operations, and customer events.

Coordinate integration activities across autonomy, systems engineering, flight test, program leadership, and external partners.

Mentor junior engineers and drive engineering best practices.