Sr. Engineering Manager- Autonomy, Hivemind Pilot (R2424) - Shield AI

Job Title: Sr. Engineering Manager- Autonomy, Hivemind Pilot (R2424)
Job Location: San Diego Metro Area
Job Listing URL: https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/3e101ed4-6e9d-4cdb-91f2-f0476fe76df4
Job Description: Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense technology company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With offices in San Diego, Dallas, Washington, D.C., Boston, Abu Dhabi (UAE), Kyiv (Ukraine), and Melbourne (Australia), Shield AI’s technology actively supports U.S. and allied operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn,X, YouTubeand Instagram.

The Hivemind Pilot team is an agile group of engineers focused on building a state-of-the-art Autonomy Software Development Kit (SDK) that enables resilient autonomy and intelligence for a wide range of platforms in diverse environments. This includes capabilities such as mission and task planning, path planning, state estimation, object tracking, sensing and mapping.

As a manager in the Pilot team, you will lead a group of engineers enabling execution of complex fully autonomous multi-agent missions on the edge in diverse adversarial environments. You will work closely with talented engineers to architect core systems, set standards for software engineering, drive strategic technical improvements, and mentor other engineers.
What you'll do:
Lead the technical direction and roadmap for a range of autonomy capabilities including but not limited to multi-agent decision making, collaboration and coordination in adversarial and contested environments.
Enable intuitive and easy workflows for SDK customers to develop customizations and extensions to successfully achieve their autonomy objectives and aspirations
Grow & mentor the autonomy and software engineers in the team via performance feedback, technical guidance and code reviews
Ensure high morale and excitement in the team by connecting day-to-day efforts to the big picture, ensuring alignment of personal goals with company objectives, and actively taking steps to set them up for success
Grow the team by identifying gaps and projecting headcount needs
Lead planning and execution for the team to ensure informed team commitments and timely delivery of those commitments
Work in close collaboration with other Pilot managers and teams to ensure correctness and cohesiveness of the overall Pilot product
Work in collaboration with Program and Product managers to define a feasible technical roadmap for future autonomy solutions
Required Qualifications:
M.S in Computer science, Aerospace or related engineering field
9+ years of experience in engineering autonomous systems or equivalent engineering roles
3+ years of people leadership experience leading teams of 4+ people
Experience with development and delivery of autonomy software such as planning, estimation, tracking, controls.
Demonstrated ability to take ideas from academic works, and polish them to enable production ready capabilities
Proficient in software delivery and managing execution toward tight timelines
Experience with recent C++ versions 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
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in multi-agent task planning, scheduling and collaboration
Experience in the autonomous vehicle industry
Ph.D. in Computer science, or related engineering field
5+ years of people leadership experience
Experience leading a team that shipped commercial grade products
Experience in productizing prototypes into commercial products