78 applicants

Company

Shield AI · 7 hours ago

Staff Perception Software Engineer, Sensor Fusion (R2657)

DC-Baltimore Area

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$157K/yr - $236K/yr

4+ years exp

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous Vehicles

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Security Clearance Required

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Responsibilities

Write production quality software in C++

Produce an Assured Position, Navigation, and Timing (A-PNT) system to enable reliable autonomy in GNSS-degraded or denied environments

Extend and specialize Shield AI’s state-of-the-art state estimation framework for new sensors, platforms, and missions

Write test code to validate your software with simulated and real-world data

Collaborate with hardware and test teams to validate algorithms/code on aerial platforms

Write analyzers to ingest data and produce statistics to validate code quality

Enhance sensor models within a high-fidelity simulation environment

Work in a fast-paced, collaborative, continuous development environment, enhancing analysis and benchmarking capabilities

Qualification

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C++Sensor fusionState estimationComputer VisionRobotics technologiesUnix environmentsProblem solvingData associationCollaborationCommunication

Required

BS/MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and/or similar degree, or equivalent practical experience

Ability to develop, benchmark, debug, and deploy software-based algorithms

Demonstrated problem solving skills by applying a scientific approach

Typically requires a minimum of 7 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 5 years and a Master’s degree; or 4 years with a PhD; or equivalent work experience

Demonstrated experience integrating and working with sensor payloads in the DoD space

Proficient with sensor fusion for noisy high-bandwidth exteroceptive sensors on compute-constrained systems

A solid foundation in theory related to state estimation, object detection, data association, probabilistic robotics, and signal processing.

Experience working projects with 10+ contributors

Offers Fast, efficient, effective problem solving approaches

Exceptional collaborator and communicator

Comfortability within Unix environments

Hard-working, trustworthy teammate

Exhibits holding themselves and others to high standards

Being kind to others

Ability to obtain a SECRET clearance

Preferred

MS or greater in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and/or similar degree, or equivalent practical experience

Understanding of robotics technologies related to autonomous behavior development e.g. task allocation or planning.

Understanding/Experience with unmanned system technologies and accompanying algorithms (specifically air domain)

Familiarity with high-fidelity simulation and sensor modeling

Working knowledge of Kalman Filter, Factor Graphs and other modern estimator fundamentals.

Strong working knowledge of Computer Vision with hands-on experience with OpenCV or similar CV libraries.

Experience developing sensor effects (control) algorithms.

Hands-on experience developing or implementing state of the art object detection/recognition pipelines.

Active SECRET clearance

Experience with UCI and OMS Standards