# Summer 2027 - Software Engineer Intern

**Company**: Shield AI
**Location**: San Diego, California
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: Intern
**Salary**: USD 37-97 per-hour-wage
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

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, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies.

The Summer Internship program is a 10-week paid internship that provides hands-on mentorship, an opportunity to add real contribution to the company via an internship project, and a possible job offer at the end.

## About the Role

Shield AI's Software Development Engineer Intern program spans engineers who design, build, and test the code that powers autonomous systems , from user-facing applications and embedded flight software to machine learning models and the underlying systems platforms that tie it all together.

Over 10–12 weeks, interns work alongside full-time engineers to analyze requirements, write and debug production-quality code, and ship a real feature or capability using standard Agile development practices.

Example Intern Projects:

- Applications: Build a new feature or internal tool (web, mobile, or desktop) that streamlines a mission-planning or fleet-management workflow.

- Firmware/Embedded: Develop and debug embedded C/C++ code for a flight controller or sensor module, including bring-up and hardware-in-the-loop testing.

- Machine Learning: Train, evaluate, and integrate a perception or decision-making model (e.g., object detection, sensor fusion) into an autonomy pipeline.

- Systems Development: Extend a platform tool, API, or data pipeline that supports autonomy software, simulation, or cloud infrastructure.

## Required Qualifications

- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field

- Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g., C, C++, Python, Java, or JavaScript)

- Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, and software design principles

- Experience writing, testing, and debugging code, whether through coursework, personal projects, or prior internships

- Familiarity with version control (e.g., Git) and collaborative development workflows

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to break down ambiguous requirements into working code

- Effective written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment

## Preferred Qualifications

- Exposure to mobile or web application frameworks and full-stack development

- Hands-on experience with embedded systems, microcontrollers, real-time operating systems, or assembly-level debugging

- Coursework or projects involving machine learning, statistics, probability theory, or deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow)

- Experience with cloud platforms, databases, networking, or distributed systems

- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum development methodologies

- Prior internship, research, or club/competition experience in robotics, autonomy, or aerospace applications

- Interest in or exposure to the defense, aerospace, or autonomous systems industry

## Skills

### Required
- C
- C++
- Python
- Java
- JavaScript
- data structures
- algorithms
- software design principles
- Git
- collaborative development workflows

### Nice to have
- mobile or web application frameworks
- embedded systems
- microcontrollers
- real-time operating systems
- assembly-level debugging
- machine learning
- statistics
- probability theory
- deep learning frameworks
- cloud platforms
- databases
- networking
- distributed systems
- Agile/Scrum development methodologies

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