What you’ll do:

• Technology Strategy Ideation: Create the required technologies for rapid development of architectures to facilitate technology strategy articulation. 
• Iterate Rapidly with Customer Feedback: Demonstrate developed architectures as solutions to the customer and gather feedback; iterate. 
• Create Reference Implementations: Create reference implementations for potential future products or product components 
• Move Fast: Assemble a team and design and employ engineering processes that allow the team to move fast, unencumbered by challenges of a larger and evolving organization 
• Execute low TRL R&D Projects:  Take-on and execute select low-TRL R&D projects to deliver contract requirements rapidly and with high gross-profit margins 
• Explore Future Technologies: Explore and evaluate future hardware and software technologies that are relevant to Shield AI’s product roadmap and potentially high-ROI, but beyond the scope of current Direct and IRAD projects in engineering 

Required qualifications:

• Requires a minimum of 15 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 12 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 8 years experience; or equivalent experience. 
• Expertise and deep experience with modern web stack  (Typescript, React, Node) 
• Expertise and deep experience in visualization, rendering, graphics, 3d worlds, within the context of a highly interactive and real-time application 
• Expertise in deep experience architectural design and implementation of large and complex distributed systems 
• Experience with Git and code management tools.  
• Passionate about developing high-quality and optimized software solutions.  
• Excellent software hygiene regarding code documentation, unit testing, bug tracking.  
• Strong technical collaboration skills and a desire to develop new skills.  
• Excited by a fast-moving environment with a highly motivated group. 
• You have a demonstrated record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, holding yourself and others to high standards, and being kind to others 
• Professional experience with Linux environments 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Typescript, React, Node 
• Experience with C++17 and greater 
• Experience in aerospace and/or robotics industries 
• Hands-on experience with a major cloud platform (Azure, GCP, AWS) 
• Experience with team leadership, or as a technical project lead 
• Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes  
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