Shield AI

Shield AI is seeking a Strategic Talent Acquisition Partner for EMEA to support its AI international expansion, focusing on building and scaling sales and engineering organizations. This role involves partnering with senior leaders, developing regional talent strategies, and managing the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle for critical roles, particularly in the Middle East region. The ideal candidate will have experience in talent acquisition within the defense or Public Sector SaaS space, with a strong understanding of EMEA talent dynamics and the ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution. Fluency in Arabic is highly desirable.

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Engineer, XBAT DevOps to join their Software Integration & Operations group. This role focuses on building and scaling C++-based simulation tools for their next-generation aircraft program. The engineer will design, build, and scale simulation frameworks for integrated testing of autonomy, GNC, and embedded systems, ensuring deterministic, high-performance simulation for faster-than-real-time execution. Responsibilities include integrating physics models, developing CI infrastructure, optimizing C++ code, and contributing to architectural decisions. The role requires 5+ years of C++ experience, familiarity with simulation systems for robotics/aerospace, and understanding of real-time software design. Experience with distributed simulation and Python is preferred.

Senior Software Engineer role at Shield AI, a defense tech company, focusing on C++ and Python software integration for complex systems, including CI/CD, distributed systems, and real-time integration. Requires strong C++ and Linux experience, with a focus on robust software engineering practices.

The Quality Engineering Inspector role at Shield AI focuses on ensuring the quality and conformance of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and their components during the manufacturing process. This involves monitoring assembly, conducting inspections, examining materials, and interpreting technical specifications and drawings to meet high standards of precision and reliability in aerospace manufacturing.

This role is for a Quality Engineering Inspector in the manufacturing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The inspector is responsible for monitoring and ensuring conformance with production processes, quality standards, and assembly documentation for aircraft and subcomponents. This involves conducting dimensional inspections, examining raw materials and assemblies, interpreting specifications, and documenting results. The role requires experience in aerospace manufacturing quality inspection, proficiency with inspection techniques and measurement tools, and the ability to interpret technical drawings.

Shield AI is hiring a Digital Operations Lead to drive execution, coordination, and operational integrity across paid media campaigns and website experiences. This role functions as a digital producer, responsible for translating strategy into structured plans, aligning resources, and ensuring work is delivered accurately and on time. This is not a concepting or creative development role. It is focused on executional excellence, production systems, and managing the flow of work across campaigns and digital surfaces. You’ll work closely with one of the strongest in-house creative teams, helping translate high-quality ideas into fully realized campaigns across paid media and digital touchpoints. You have a process-oriented, systems mindset. You enjoy building structure, improving workflows, and leveraging automation and AI to make systems more efficient over time. You are excited about using tools (including AI) to streamline and eventually replace manual work, freeing up time to focus on higher-value operational improvements.

Shield AI is a deep-tech company focused on intelligent systems for defense, specifically autonomous aviation. They are seeking an Engineer I - Electromechanical to design and integrate avionics systems, driving designs from concept to production in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Seeking a Staff People Experience Business Partner to drive HR strategies for Shield AI's Hivemind organization, focusing on product innovation, engineering excellence, and scalable platform growth. This role requires partnering with senior Engineering leaders to build high-performing technical organizations, aligning talent strategy with velocity, quality, and technical capability in a fast-paced, AI-driven environment.

Shield AI is a deep-tech company focused on intelligent systems for defense, seeking a Staff People Experience Business Partner to support GTM leaders in scaling high-performing, customer-centric teams. The role requires HR leadership experience in commercial organizations, focusing on talent strategy aligned with revenue growth, customer acquisition, and market expansion. The ideal candidate is operationally strong, analytical, and skilled at simplifying complexity and building scalable systems.

Shield AI is a deep-tech company in the defense sector focused on intelligent systems, seeking a Staff Talent Sourcer to lead talent discovery and strategy for corporate/G&A groups, market mapping, and pipeline cultivation.

This role is for a Senior Facility Security Officer at Shield AI, a deep-tech defense company. The FSO will be responsible for executing and scaling security operations for classified programs, ensuring compliance with NISPOM and government security requirements, and partnering with cross-functional teams to safeguard information and technologies. The role requires adaptability and a solutions-oriented approach in a fast-paced defense environment.

This role is for a Senior Facility Security Officer in a defense environment, responsible for executing and scaling security operations for classified programs. The FSO will partner with various teams to ensure compliance with security regulations while enabling mission success.

Senior Facility Security Officer responsible for executing and scaling security operations in support of classified programs within a defense environment, balancing compliance with operational speed and safeguarding classified information and controlled technologies.

This role is responsible for executing personnel security processes to support cleared employees and ensure compliance with government and company requirements in a fast-paced environment, managing high-volume security transactions while maintaining accuracy, timeliness, and confidentiality.

Staff Flight Test Engineer to lead flight test campaigns for next-generation autonomous aircraft systems powered by Hivemind Mission Autonomy. This role involves designing, planning, and executing complex flight test activities on unmanned and optionally piloted platforms, working closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams to develop test strategies, validate system requirements, and ensure flight readiness.

Software engineer to develop internal tools that accelerate the development of cutting-edge aircraft in the defense industry. This role involves designing, building, and supporting a wide range of tooling, from automation scripts to robust frameworks and platforms, embedded in daily workflows to enable faster development and better decision-making.

Seeking a Contractor Program Security Officer (CPSO) to manage and develop security programs and procedures for assigned special access programs, ensuring adherence to government policies and requirements. Responsibilities include managing the program access request (PAR) process, preparing for inspections, processing visit requests, conducting security briefings, and maintaining security systems.

Seeking a Systems Engineer to support the design, development, integration, and validation of complex systems leveraging Hivemind autonomy software. Requires strong systems thinking and cross-functional collaboration.

Seeking a Senior Systems Administrator with 3-5 years of experience to join the Federal Systems Team, focusing on classified and CUI information systems maintenance and technical support for engineering efforts. The role emphasizes enforcing information security requirements and policies within a deep-tech defense company.

Seeking a Senior Systems Administrator with 3-5 years of experience to support classified IT operations and cross-domain solutions for Shield AI's Federal Systems Team. The role involves maintaining and supporting systems that facilitate controlled information flow between networks of differing classification levels, enforcing security controls, and ensuring compliance with DoD and Intelligence Community standards. This is an on-site, mission-critical role.

Staff Mechanical Test Engineer to support the development, testing, and validation of advanced mechanical systems for aircraft. Requires hands-on experience with hydraulic systems, sensor technologies, Python for test automation and data analysis, and CAD tools like NX.

Mechanical Engineer responsible for designing and delivering mechanical systems for advanced aerospace platforms, covering the full product lifecycle from concept to operation, including CAD, analysis, and testing.

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Trade Compliance Specialist to support export licensing and regulatory compliance efforts, focusing on ITAR and EAR frameworks to enable global operations.

Shield AI is seeking a Compliance Specialist – Classifier to support export classification and jurisdiction activities, requiring deep familiarity with ITAR and EAR regulations and a strong technical foundation to ensure compliant classification of products, software, and technology.

Reliability Systems Engineer to define, build, and execute the reliability program for a X-Bat aircraft, focusing on developing reliability frameworks and driving subsystem-level test strategies.

Shield AI is a deep-tech company developing intelligent systems for defense applications, including aircraft and vision products. This role is for a Contractor Program Security Officer responsible for managing security programs for special access programs, ensuring compliance with regulations and government requirements. Duties include managing program access requests, conducting briefings, maintaining security systems, and acting as the primary interface with government agencies on security matters.

Shield AI is a deep-tech company focused on intelligent systems for defense. They are seeking a Marketing Strategy and Operations Manager to drive strategic planning, operational rigor, and cross-functional execution within the Marketing organization. This role involves partnering with leadership to develop operating plans, manage cross-functional programs, establish operating rhythms, and improve internal marketing operations.

This role is for a Strategic Capture Director at Shield AI, a deep-tech company focused on intelligent systems for defense. The director will be a U.S.-based representative for Middle East/Asia Pacific efforts, focusing on partnerships, programs, and business opportunities. Responsibilities include stakeholder engagement, understanding defense acquisition processes, and collaborating with internal leadership. While the company develops AI-powered products, this role is primarily focused on business development and strategic capture, not direct AI/ML development.

Seeking a skilled Air Vehicle Mechanical and Fluid Systems Technician to support fabrication, instrumentation, and testing of new aerospace products. Role requires hands-on experience with aircraft systems, fabrication methods, machine shop operations, and product prototyping for cutting-edge designs.

Senior Engineer, Air Vehicle Fluid Systems for a jet-engine VTOL military UAV platform.

Mechanical Engineer responsible for the mechanical design and development of Shield AI's autonomous UAV products, including architecting new products, detailed design of electro-mechanical assemblies, and collaboration with partners for prototyping, testing, and production release.

Mechanical Engineer responsible for the design, analysis, and integration of mechanical systems for V-BAT aircraft and ground support equipment, from concept through production and field support. This role involves close collaboration with cross-functional teams and hands-on technical support during testing and operations.

Seeking a senior technical sales leader to scale the Simulation Team within Shield AI’s Hivemind portfolio. This leader will own bookings performance, integrate Simulation into Shield AI’s broader Go-To-Market strategy, and build a unified sales motion across simulation, visualization, and autonomy solutions. The role involves partnering with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Customer Engagement to position Simulation offerings, unlock cross-sell opportunities, and open new markets globally.

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Human Machine Interface Designer to develop next-generation Ground Control Station (GCS) applications for unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The role involves designing mission-critical software that bridges responsive user interfaces with robust backend systems for human operators to command autonomous assets.

Seeking a Senior Staff Network Architect to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of complex network infrastructures, requiring deep expertise in network engineering, cybersecurity, and server room/hardware infrastructure to architect scalable, secure, and resilient systems.

Seeking an experienced Test Engineer to support the development, integration, and validation of XBat flight critical software systems. Responsibilities include designing and executing test strategies across hardware, software, and system-level components, developing test plans and procedures, executing verification and validation (V&V) efforts, analyzing test data, and collaborating cross-functionally. Requires experience with aerospace or defense systems and familiarity with regulatory standards.

Recruiter specializing in G&A and international hiring for a deep-tech company focused on intelligent systems for defense.

Shield AI is seeking a Staff Talent Sourcer to lead talent discovery, market mapping, and pipeline cultivation for their engineering hiring engine. This role focuses on building intelligence, relationships, and systems to identify and engage exceptional candidates for specialized technical roles in the aerospace and defense industry.

Shield AI is a deep-tech company focused on intelligent systems for defense. This role is for a Global Shipping & Receiving Specialist responsible for daily shipping, receiving, and material handling operations, including preparing shipments and tracking materials. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented and reliable.

Manager responsible for improving and scaling simulation capabilities for aircraft, designing, resourcing, managing, building, and integrating tooling across engineering teams to enable efficient and scalable simulation workflows. Simulation solutions will serve as a key development tool and a critical gate in the release process.

Program Director to lead a team of Program Managers in the delivery and sustainment of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system Direct Commercial Sales programs in the Europe and Africa markets.

This role is for a Level 2 Thermal Engineer focused on the design, analysis, and integration of aircraft avionics thermal management systems and electronics cooling. The ideal candidate thrives on first-principles problem solving and can communicate well across functions.

Seeking an Aerostructures Design Manager to lead the design and development of mechanisms for next-generation autonomous aircraft, guiding a team from concept through production release.

Seeking an Inventory Clerk with inventory control experience for a full-time warehouse position. Requires daily communication and coordination in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

This role focuses on designing, building, and operating test fixtures and systems for mechanical testing of aircraft components. It involves Python scripting for automation and data analysis, CAD design, and Finite Element Analysis, with a strong emphasis on structural integrity and environmental durability testing.

This role is for a Component Engineer at Shield AI, a defense technology company focused on autonomous aviation. The engineer will be responsible for the selection, qualification, and lifecycle management of electronic components to ensure product reliability, cost control, and risk reduction. This position is at the intersection of engineering, supply chain, and reliability.

Mechanical Engineer role at Shield AI, a deep-tech company focused on intelligent autonomous UAV products. Responsibilities include mechanical design, development, and architecting new products, collaborating with partners for prototyping and testing, and ensuring product performance and reliability goals are met.

Staff Aircraft Thermal Engineer responsible for thermal analysis, characterization, modeling, and design of unmanned aerial vehicles, specifically focusing on hot exhaust gas management and aircraft-level thermal environments. The role involves architecting analytical and numerical models, conducting trade studies, defining test plans, and mentoring cross-disciplinary teams.