# Software Development Engineer - New Graduate

**Company**: Shield AI
**Location**: San Diego, California
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: Full Time Employee
**Salary**: USD 77,200-211,200 per-year-salary
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Shield AI is seeking Autonomous Software Engineers for full-time roles starting in 2027. This is a paid, in-person, full-time position for students graduating during the 2026-2027 academic year.

## Responsibilities

- Design, implement, test, and ship C++ and/or Python features, tools, and tests alongside experienced engineers.

- Write embedded firmware in C/C++ for real-time software that controls advanced UAV while in flight.

- Develop tests, reporters, and tooling in Python to validate software behavior and performance.

- Develop and evaluate autonomy software across areas such as mission behavior, planning, multi-agent coordination, decision-making, platform integration, or perception.

- Build unit and integration tests, run and analyze simulation or bench results, and investigate failures using logs, telemetry, traces, and debugging tools.

- Support software integration across autonomy capabilities, platform/vehicle interfaces, sensors, perception products, mission compute, and operator or command-and-control systems.

- Work with real and simulated data from cameras, EO/IR sensors, IMUs, GPS, radars, or other mission payloads.

- Work cross-functionally with electrical and mechanical engineers to help determine and validate software requirements.

- Write documentation for setup steps, interface assumptions, configuration, test procedures, and findings to make workflows repeatable.

- Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and test debriefs, and take on more ownership of features and fixes over time.

## Required Qualifications

- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field, graduating between December 2026 and August 2027.

- Proficiency in C++ and/or Python.

- Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, and software fundamentals.

- Ability to own well-scoped tasks with limited guidance and communicate progress clearly.

- Must be able to work in-person full-time.

## Preferred Qualifications

- Hands-on project experience involving robotics, controls, planning, computer vision, or machine learning.

- Prior internship or co-op experience writing software.

- Familiarity with simulation tools, ROS/ROS2, or hardware-in-the-loop/software-in-the-loop testing.

- Experience with sensor data or multimodal AI/ML data.

- Experience writing unit/integration tests and debugging using logs or telemetry.

- Comfortable working in a Linux environment and using version control.

- Exposure to embedded systems, real-time software, or safety-critical software practices.

## Additional Information

- Salary: USD 77,200-211,200 per-year-salary

- 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

## Skills

### Required
- C++
- Python
- data structures
- algorithms
- software fundamentals

### Nice to have
- robotics
- controls
- planning
- computer vision
- machine learning
- simulation tools
- ROS/ROS2
- hardware-in-the-loop/testing
- sensor data
- multimodal AI/ML data
- unit/integration tests
- debugging
- Linux
- version control
- embedded systems
- real-time software
- safety-critical software practices

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