Senior Engineer, Software Integration Engineer (R5462) at Shield AI
San Diego, CA
$120,000–$180,000
Aug 2, 2026
San Diego, CA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Senior Software Integration Engineer role on the Systems & Platform Integration team at a defense-tech company, responsible for connecting Hivemind autonomy software to a diverse portfolio of operational platforms — including unmanned aircraft, weapons, maritime, and space systems. Day-to-day work spans designing and implementing software interfaces, configuring Linux mission-computing environments, integrating sensors and communications systems, and validating integrations through SIL/HIL/VIL test environments up to operational deployment.
Senior level · 4+ years · San Diego, CA · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
Pay in the description: $120,000–$180,000
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What the occupation pays Median $166,860 (middle half $131,418–$198,246). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (8)
The posting does not specify a single work location beyond Shield AI's general U.S. presence; San Diego, CA is used as the CBSA because that is Shield AI's primary headquarters city.
The role sits at the boundary between software development (writing interfaces, adapters, deployment pipelines) and systems/integration engineering; 15-1252 Software Developers was chosen because the primary deliverable is code, but 15-1299 is a reasonable alternative given the heavy cross-disciplinary integration focus.
Experience range is stated as 4–7 years; 4 is used as the minimum.
ROS is listed in the required qualifications as an example middleware framework ('like ROS'); it is treated as a hard gate on middleware/sensor integration capability, with ROS as the named tool.
ArduPilot and PX4 are listed together as interchangeable examples of flight control system experience under Preferred qualifications.
Background in autonomy, robotics, or aerospace systems and familiarity with flight controllers/radios appear only under Preferred qualifications and are not captured as named-tool skills.
The degree requirement lists several engineering disciplines; Bachelors is the minimum stated level.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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