Autonomy Engineer, Technical Documentation

Shield AI • San Diego, CA

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About The Position

Shield AI’s Hivemind Division is seeking a highly skilled, detail-oriented Autonomy Engineer with technical writing skills. The role combines software engineering and robotics knowledge with the ability to become an expert user of Hivemind Enterprise, a product for designing, deploying, evaluating, and iterating on autonomy architectures for diverse robotic platforms. The engineer will work across engineering teams and with Customer Engagement to learn the Hivemind SDK and turn that knowledge into clear technical documentation and tutorials for customers with varying skill and experience levels.

Requirements

• Background in robotics and autonomy.
• Coding proficiency with C++.
• High proficiency in technical writing, such as academic papers, technical tutorials, or software product documentation.
• Strong understanding of what excellent software product documentation looks like.
• Comfort working in a Linux environment.
• Ability to think and act quickly and generate results rapidly with minimal input to unblock iteration.
• Excellent communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with software engineering practices involving software versioning, packaging, and deployment.
• Experience in the aviation and/or aerospace industry.

Responsibilities

• Become an expert user of the Hivemind Enterprise product.
• Contribute to the selection of documentation creation platforms and tools.
• Work with developers and the Customer Engagement team to create technical writing that describes product functionality.
• Generate diagrams, flow charts, and other visual aids to describe supported workflows.
• Devise a strategy for connecting auto-generated API documentation with hand-written user guides.

Benefits

• Bonus
• Benefits
• Equity
• Temporary benefits package for temporary employees, applicable after 60 days of employment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed