Shield AI

Product Manager for Shield AI's next-generation autonomy intelligence stack, focusing on training, evaluation, and deployment of foundation and domain models for edge autonomy. Owns the roadmap for the Hivemind AI Platform, including training pipelines, data infrastructure, evaluation, and deployment toolchains, ensuring safe and scalable deployment of world models, robotics foundation models, and vision-language-action systems.

Software Engineer II focused on implementing tactical autonomy software features for unmanned platforms, enabling complex missions across various domains. This role involves developing and testing behaviors for coordination, target engagement, reconnaissance, and survivability, with collaboration across software integration, hardware, and test engineering teams. The position emphasizes participation in the full software development lifecycle, including integration, testing, debugging, and supporting verification and validation efforts in both simulation and real-world environments.

Lead the development of autonomy software for unmanned systems, focusing on designing, building, and deploying high-performance autonomy solutions from algorithm development to system integration and field testing. This role involves leading multidisciplinary teams to enable intelligent operation in complex, real-world environments, including multi-agent coordination and tactical autonomy algorithms for air, land, and sea domains.

Chief Engineer responsible for solving complex technical challenges in deploying advanced autonomy solutions on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). Ensures successful integration of Hivemind Autonomy across various aircraft, leading a team to deliver cutting-edge autonomous capabilities for business-to-business and defense contracts.

Senior Staff Engineer, Software - Perception role at Shield AI, focusing on developing advanced perception systems for autonomous aircraft. This involves real-time object detection, sensor fusion, and state estimation algorithms using diverse sensor data (EO/IR cameras, radars, IMUs) to enable aircraft to operate in complex environments. The role requires strong algorithmic thinking, deep familiarity with airborne sensing systems, and delivering performant software for simulation and real-world conditions.

Develops tactical autonomy software for unmanned platforms, enabling complex missions with limited human supervision. Focuses on multi-agent coordination, target engagement, and survivability in contested scenarios, contributing across the software development lifecycle and integrating with broader system architecture.

Staff Software Engineer role focused on developing autonomous behaviors for Shield AI's mission autonomy software stack, deploying them across various autonomous vehicles. The role involves working with experts in software, robotics, control systems, and data analysis to evolve the capabilities of their products.

Staff Engineer focused on building and scaling novel aircraft subsystem models and simulation tooling for autonomous aircraft programs, enabling robust automated flight qualification testing.

Staff Engineer focused on deploying Shield AI's Hivemind autonomy software with customers, involving integration, development of AI/Autonomy applications, and technical support. Requires strong C++ and software engineering skills, with a focus on real-world application and customer engagement in defense/robotics.

Senior Engineer, Applications role focused on deploying Shield AI's Hivemind software, which includes AI and autonomy modules, in real-world environments. This involves customer-facing support, software integration, development of AI/Autonomy applications using an SDK, and collaborating with engineering teams. Requires strong C++ and software engineering skills, with a preference for defense/robotics/autonomy experience.

Shield AI is seeking an Engineer II, Applications to deploy and integrate their Hivemind software with customers globally. This role involves significant customer interaction, technical support, and developing AI & Autonomy applications using their software development kit. The position requires a strong software engineering background, proficiency in C++, and excellent problem-solving skills, with a focus on real-world deployment of intelligent systems in the defense and robotics sectors.

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Lead Operational Analyst to model, simulate, and analyze the effectiveness, survivability, and operational impact of their AI-powered aircraft systems. The role involves collaborating with engineering and product teams, performing trade studies, and analyzing force-on-force engagements to inform product decisions and customer engagements. Requires strong knowledge of military operations, M&S, data science, and operational analysis techniques, with an emphasis on applying modern compute and development best practices.

Shield AI is seeking a Staff Operational Analyst to model, simulate, and analyze their AI-powered aircraft systems. The role involves evaluating system effectiveness, survivability, and operational impact in military scenarios, collaborating with engineering and product teams, and performing trade studies. This requires expertise in military operations, M&S, data science, and operational analysis, with a focus on demonstrating how AI platforms perform in contested environments.

Manager for an embedded software team developing avionics for V-BAT aircraft, focusing on integrating hardware, OS, and applications, including AI. The role involves C/C++ development, firmware for robotic vehicles, system architecture design, testing, prototyping, and hiring/mentoring engineers. Experience with autonomous robotic systems and shipping products is required.

Manager for Software - Perception role at Shield AI, focusing on leading teams to develop and integrate advanced perception systems for autonomous aircraft. This involves real-time object detection, sensor fusion, and state estimation using diverse sensor data in complex defense environments.

Full Stack Software Engineer role focused on integrating new hardware, sensors, and simulators with the Hivemind SDK for autonomy and simulation applications. The role involves iterating with customer feedback, exploring future technologies, and addressing technical debt within a complex software ecosystem for intelligent systems in aerospace and robotics.

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop complex avionics software for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). This role involves working with hardware, operating systems, and applications, integrating with various engineering teams (including Autonomy AI), and developing software systems for advanced robotic avionics capabilities. The engineer will be responsible for the full software development lifecycle, from architecture and design to testing, release, and deployment, with a focus on C/C++ development for embedded systems.

Staff Engineer, Software Integration role focused on integrating, validating, and improving an AI-powered autonomy platform for robotics. Responsibilities include becoming an expert in the Hivemind SDK, developing and validating customer use cases, integrating new autonomy capabilities, enabling platform bring-up, developing integration tooling, supporting cross-platform compatibility, analyzing system behavior, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and validating system requirements. Requires proficiency in Python or C++, experience with autonomous systems or server applications/middleware, simulation tools, HIL testing, and CI/CD pipelines.

Senior Engineer focused on integrating and testing autonomy systems for unmanned aircraft (Group 1 and Group 2). The role involves hands-on work across simulation, SIL, HIL, VIL, and live flight environments to ensure system reliability and scale testing capabilities. It bridges software, hardware, and flight operations.

Computer Vision Engineer (C++) at Shield AI, focusing on developing real-time perception solutions for autonomous platforms. The role involves designing and implementing custom CV algorithms, integrating deep learning models, and working with AI and robotics engineers on edge solutions for defense applications.

Senior Staff Engineer, Software Autonomy Applications at Shield AI, focusing on developing and deploying AI & Autonomy applications using the Hivemind Enterprise Autonomy Software Development Kit for unmanned platforms. This role involves customer integration, technical training, and collaboration with product/engineering teams, with significant travel to customer sites.

Staff Engineer focused on applying Shield AI's autonomy software (Hivemind) to customer platforms (unmanned vehicles, drones, robodogs, fighter jets). Involves integration, deployment, customer training, and debugging, with a significant travel component.

This role focuses on developing and implementing real-time state estimation algorithms, including inertial navigation and sensor fusion, for autonomous UAVs operating in GPS-denied environments. The engineer will integrate multi-sensor data into robust estimation frameworks and optimize sensor processing pipelines for accuracy and fault tolerance, supporting the transition of navigation solutions from research to production.

This role focuses on developing and implementing real-time state estimation algorithms, including inertial navigation and sensor fusion, for autonomous UAVs operating in GPS-denied environments. The engineer will integrate multi-sensor data into robust estimation frameworks and optimize sensor processing pipelines for accuracy and fault tolerance, supporting the transition of navigation solutions from research to production.

Senior Staff Systems Engineer for a next-gen UAS program, focusing on designing, developing, and integrating cutting-edge autonomous aircraft systems for national defense. This role involves leading system architecture, ensuring seamless integration of avionics, autonomy, propulsion, sensor payloads, and mission-critical systems, with a strong emphasis on AI and autonomy integration.

Senior Software Engineer for Autonomy Applications Engineering at Shield AI, focusing on enabling edge-AI and autonomy for platforms across sea, air, and space. Responsibilities include collaborating with customers, writing code, developing new capabilities, and ensuring software/hardware integration for autonomous teaming drones, helicopter-drone teaming, and autonomy on Robodogs and Fighter Jets.

Senior Engineer, Software - Perception role at Shield AI, focusing on developing advanced perception systems for autonomous aircraft. This involves real-time object detection, sensor fusion, and state estimation algorithms using diverse sensor data (EO/IR, radar, IMU) for operation in complex and contested environments. The role requires strong algorithmic thinking, integration with autonomy modules, and optimization for performance and robustness.

Staff Engineer, Software - Perception role at Shield AI, focusing on developing advanced perception algorithms for autonomous aircraft. This involves real-time object detection, sensor fusion, and state estimation using diverse sensor data (EO/IR, radar, IMU) to enable aircraft to operate in complex environments. The role supports autonomy integration and requires strong algorithmic thinking and performant software delivery.

Senior Engineer, Software - Autonomous Aircraft Integration role at Shield AI, focusing on integrating and deploying autonomy software onto unmanned aircraft systems. Responsibilities include pre-flight preparation, on-site flight test support, hardware/software debugging, and collaboration with various engineering teams. Requires C++, Python, Linux, embedded systems, and sensor integration experience, with a focus on defense applications.

Staff Engineer, Software - Autonomous Aircraft Integration role at Shield AI, focusing on integrating autonomy software onto unmanned aircraft systems, preparing them for flight, and providing on-site flight test support. Requires strong systems engineering, debugging, and collaboration skills in a defense context.

Senior Staff Engineer, Software role focused on integrating and deploying autonomy software onto unmanned aircraft systems for defense applications. Responsibilities include pre-flight preparation, on-site flight test support, hardware/software debugging, data analysis, and collaboration across engineering teams to ensure mission-critical functionality and continuous improvement. Requires strong systems thinking, C++/Python proficiency, and experience with embedded systems and sensor integration.

Senior Staff Engineer focused on designing and developing tactical autonomy algorithms for unmanned aircraft, integrating classical autonomous techniques with reinforcement learning for complex missions in defense applications.

Staff Software Engineer focused on integrating and enabling AI/autonomy capabilities for defense platforms (air, sea, space) using the Hivemind SDK. This role involves customer collaboration, software development, integration, debugging, deployment, and training.

Chief Engineer role focused on developing and deploying advanced autonomy solutions for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) within the defense industry. The role involves leading a team, defining technical objectives, and ensuring the quality of technical deliverables for both internal R&D and government contracts.

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Engineer for Software Integration and Test to work on their AI pilot product, the Hivemind ecosystem. This role involves automating multi-agent scenarios, analyzing robotic data, validating test cases, and collaborating with developers to integrate new capabilities and ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of the AI software.

Staff Applications Engineer role focused on customer-facing technical leadership for AI and autonomy products in the defense industry. This role involves deep product expertise, customer engagement, technical support, application development using SDKs, pre-sales assistance, post-sales deployment, and collaboration with engineering teams to improve products based on field feedback. Requires strong C++ and Python proficiency, with experience in startup environments and integration/applications engineering.

Senior Applications Engineer role focused on deploying Shield AI's Hivemind software (AI and autonomy products) in real-world environments, involving significant customer interaction, on-site integration, and technical support. Requires strong C++ and Python skills, with experience in startup and defense aviation/robotics industries preferred.