Applications Engineer, Autonomy (open level)

Summary

Shield AI develops intelligent defense technologies, including Hivemind autonomy software, for real-world operations. The Applications Engineer will work directly with customers to deploy, integrate, support, and develop AI and autonomy software, while collaborating with sales and product engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Deploy with customers on site globally (~50% travel) to support software integration and development activities
• Become an expert user of the Hivemind enterprise software stack and its various autonomy modules
• Provide technical support and training to customers
• Develop AI & Autonomy applications using the Shield AI enterprise software development kit
• Assist the sales team in pre-sales activities, e.g., demos, conferences, immersions
• Assist in post-sales deployment and integration of Shield AI enterprise software products
• Develop and maintain technical documentation and training materials
• Help customers debug software/API integration issues
• Collaborate with the product engineering team to address customer feedback and improve products

Skills

• - Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
• - 5+ years of experience of industry experience
• - 2+ years of experience in an integration/applications engineering role
• - 2+ years of experience working in a startup environment
• - Strong technical background in software engineering
• - Strong proficiency in writing modern C++ code
• - Intermediate proficiency in writing Python code
• - Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• - Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• - Experience in the defense aviation or robotics industry
• - Experience building and running a small enterprise software applications/solutions engineering team
• - Advanced technical degree, especially in robotics or autonomy related fields

Qualifications

Must Haves

• - Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
• - 5+ years of experience of industry experience
• - 2+ years of experience in an integration/applications engineering role
• - 2+ years of experience working in a startup environment
• - Strong technical background in software engineering
• - Strong proficiency in writing modern C++ code
• - Intermediate proficiency in writing Python code
• - Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• - Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Nice to Haves

• - Experience in the defense aviation or robotics industry
• - Experience building and running a small enterprise software applications/solutions engineering team
• - Advanced technical degree, especially in robotics or autonomy related fields

Benefits

• For full-time regular employees: Bonus
• For full-time regular employees: Benefits
• For full-time regular employees: Equity
• Temporary benefits package applicable after 60 days of employment