Senior Engineer, Software - Perception (R3771)

Overview

Senior Engineer, Software - Perception (R3771) at Shield AI. Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company focused on protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Our Perception Engineers create the situational awareness that enables autonomous unmanned aircraft to operate in complex and contested environments, using real-time object detection, sensor fusion, and state estimation across diverse mission sensors.

What you’ll do

• Develop advanced perception algorithms for object detection, classification, and multi-target tracking across diverse sensor modalities.
• Implement sensor fusion frameworks by integrating data from vision systems, radars, and other sensors to generate accurate situational awareness.
• Develop state estimation capabilities for localization and pose estimation using IMU, GPS, vision, and other inputs to enable stable navigation.
• Analyze and utilize sensor ICDs to ensure correct data handling, interpretation, and synchronization.
• Optimize perception performance through tuning and evaluating pipelines for real-time efficiency in simulation and real-world environments.
• Support autonomy integration by interfacing perception outputs with planning, behaviors, and decision-making modules.
• Validate algorithms in simulated and operational settings using synthetic data, simulation environments, and field tests.
• Collaborate with hardware and sensor teams to ensure seamless integration with onboard compute and sensor payloads.
• Drive innovation in airborne sensing with state-of-the-art techniques for unmanned aircraft in GPS-denied or contested environments.
• Travel typically 10–15% of the year to different office locations, customer sites, and flight integration events.

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Salary and Benefits

$160,000 - $240,000 a year

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 skill set, experience, licenses / certifications, and location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Speak with your talent acquisition representative for more information.

Equal Opportunity

Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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