Manager of Behavior

Shieldai in San Diego Metro Area

Introduction to Shield AI
Shield AI’s mission is to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Shield AI is a fast growing, venture-backed defense-technology company built around a team of proven executives, distinguished warfighters, and world-class AI engineers. Since 2018, Shield AI’s products and people have supported operations around the world with the US Department of Defense and our allies.


Shield AI’s mission is to advance this nation’s core values by providing the United States and our allies access to leading technologies and innovations. Shield AI is a fast growing, venture-backed defense-technology company built around a team of proven executives, distinguished warfighters, and world-class AI engineers. Since 2018, Shield AI’s products and people have supported operations around the world with the US Department of Defense and our allies. Most recently, we acquired Heron Systems and Martin UAV as wholly owned subsidiaries of Shield AI. Join our team and shape the future of artificially intelligent systems.

Salary Range:  Base + Bonus + Benefits + Equity (if applicable)
Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. Information on the benefits offered is here. All offers are contingent on a cleared background check.

Location guidelines-
Onsite = 5 days/week
Hybrid = Several days in the office
Remote = Remote but able to come to the office as requested for business needs

If you're interested in being part of our team, apply now!

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.
To conform to U.S. Government regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
    • Serve as the functional team lead for the Behaviour team
    • Work on algorithms (e.g. graph search, inference on a graph, sampling-based planning, MILP solvers)
    • Develop core systems that must be portable and scalable across different UAS platforms and compute architectures
    • Work with our engineers, program, and product managers to define a technical roadmap for future autonomy solutions.
    • Work with our Hivemind Design team to design and build infrastructure for the PAC team that both supports local development and scales into the cloud
    • Work with soft or hard real-time operating systems
    • Work with and deploy our AI stack to edge devices
    • Work in collaboration with our DevOps teams to architect and maintain our cloud infrastructure, working with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes; assist with cross-platform builds and test orchestration, working with build tools (e.g. CMake, Bazel, etc.) and compiler tool chains (e.g. gcc, llvm, etc.)
    • Design and implement: a portable world graph that enables rapid global planning across different platforms; complex exploration behaviours for indoor and outdoor environments with heterogenous teams
    • Port PAC libraries, where applicable, to CUDA kernels
    • Port PAC libraries to EdgeOS, a Shield AI Middleware framework, that enables portability of PAC libraries to multiple platforms and compute architectures
    • Design and implement an analysis and simulation framework that: enables testing of various components in isolation or in a fully integrated manner; supports parameter sweeps; supports hardware-in-the-loop
    • Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years experience; or equivalent experience.
    • 5+ years of experience in Software Engineering, or equivalent engineering roles
    • 2+ years of people leadership experience
    • BS in computer science or related engineering field
    • Experience with C++ 11 or newer in a production environment
    • Experience in a collaborative development environment, focused on continuous integration/delivery & test-driven development
    • Strong knowledge of modern software engineering best practices
    • Demonstrated record of working hard, strong communication skills, being a trustworthy teammate, and being kind to others
    • Strong organizational skills
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