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Staff Engineer – Software Certifiability
| Company | Shield AI |
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| Location | San Diego, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $180000 – $270000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 9 years with a Master’s degree; or 7 years with a PhD; or equivalent work experience.
- Demonstrated excellence in designing and developing C++ based safety-critical software systems with Real-Time guarantees.
- Experience working as a mentor to other engineers in a role driving software best practices to enhance software quality.
- Experience integrating software on real-world physical systems and driving up performance and reliability.
- Proven expertise in C++ software architecture design patterns and their practical implementation.
- Strong knowledge of software assurance certifications such as DO-178C and MIL-HDBK-516.
- Strong Git and Linux development skills, along with modern software development practices (e.g., CI/CD, test-driven development).
- A track record of technical leadership, with the ability to set and maintain high standards, guide teams through complex technical challenges, and collaborate effectively.
Responsibilities
- Drive architecture, development, integration and testing of an extensible, configurable Run Time Assurance (RTA) module that ensures safe operation of autonomous systems in diverse, adversarial conditions.
- Work closely with other engineers in Pilot to design and integrate with the low-assurance mission-autonomy software.
- Specialize, integrate and test the RTA capability on a diverse set of platforms in various conditions to ensure robust fail-safe behavior.
- Drive principled software development practices across Pilot including but not limited to code analysis, audit trail, principled review processes.
- Collaborate with the team to generate artifacts that enable certifiability of Pilot software, including but not limited to static & dynamic analysis reports, software documentation, system models.
- Mentor and guide Pilot developers on practices of safe software development to enhance software quality and assurance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on experience with airworthiness certifications such as MIL-HDBK-516.
- Experience taking a solution through a certification process and achieving a certification.
