Shield AI currently has 39 active AI-related job listings. The majority of these roles, 51%, are focused on agents, with application roles making up another 36%. The company is primarily hiring for engineering positions. Recent hiring activity shows an 11% increase in new AI roles over the last 30 days.
Currently tracking 35 active AI roles, up 40% versus the prior 4 weeks. Primary focus: Agent · Engineering. Salary range $156k–$320k (avg $238k).
Shield AI currently has 41 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: Engineer, State Estimation (Dallas/San Diego/Boston/ DC/ San Fran) (2), Chief Engineer, Chief Engineer, Autonomy (R4614), Computer Vision Engineer (C++), Director, Test Engineering - ACP Programs (R5044). Most positions are in Engineering and Product.
Shield AI's active AI hiring is concentrated in: agents (51%), application (37%), serving infrastructure (10%). These categories follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle: data, pre-training, post-training, serving infrastructure, agents, evaluation, and application.
Shield AI is hiring AI talent in: United States (26 roles), Taiwan (3 roles), India (3 roles), United Kingdom (2 roles).
Job postings at Shield AI most frequently reference: agent orchestration, embodied ai, model serving, inference infra, evals.
In the past 30 days, Shield AI has posted 8 new AI-related roles. That is a -27% change versus the prior 30 days (11 → 8).
| Title | Stage | AI score |
|---|---|---|
| Principal Engineer, AI Infrastructure (R4941) Principal Engineer to scale AI and Data Platform infrastructure for autonomy development, supporting the full lifecycle from training foundation models to deploying optimized models to edge systems in defense applications. | ServePost-train | 9 |
| Product Manager, AI Platforms (R4991) 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. | Post-train |
| 9 |
| Software Engineer II, Autonomy Behaviors (R4588) 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. | Agent | 8 |
| Director, Test Engineering - ACP Programs (R5044) Director of Test Engineering for AI Pilot capabilities on Autonomous Collaborative Platforms (ACP). Responsible for end-to-end technical leadership of integration, verification, and operational test, including multi-vehicle coordination. Owns strategy, planning, and execution of complex test campaigns, driving capability maturation through a fly-fix-fly methodology while ensuring safety and mission assurance. Serves as the single technical authority for test execution, managing risk and readiness, and coordinating with partners, customers, and internal teams to deliver autonomy capabilities at scale. | AgentEval Gate | 7 |
| Engineer II, Systems Test (R5038) Engineer II, Systems Test (R5038) at Shield AI, a deep-tech company focused on intelligent systems for defense. The role involves leading simulation-driven testing, automation, and software quality efforts for Hivemind autonomy software, ensuring its reliability, safety, and performance in simulated and real-world mission environments. Requires Python proficiency, robotics/UAS experience, and the ability to obtain a SECRET clearance. | Ship | 7 |
| Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Behaviors (R4588) 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. | Agent | 7 |
| Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Behaviors (R4588) 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. | Agent | 7 |
| Staff Engineer, Modeling & Simulation (R4869) Staff Engineer focused on building and scaling novel aircraft subsystem models and simulation tooling for autonomous aircraft programs, enabling robust automated flight qualification testing. | Agent | 7 |
| Senior Staff Engineer, Operations Analysis (R4759) 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. | Ship | 7 |
| Staff Engineer, Operations Analysis (R4757) 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. | Agent | 7 |
| Manager, Embedded Software (R4755) 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. | Ship | 7 |
| Manager, Software - Perception (R3770) 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. | Agent | 7 |
| Staff Engineer, Software Integration (R4483) 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. | AgentServe | 7 |
| Senior Engineer, Autonomy Systems Integration and Test (R4472) 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. | Agent | 7 |
| Engineer, State Estimation (Dallas/San Diego/Boston/ DC/ San Fran) 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. | Serve | 7 |
| Engineer, State Estimation (Dallas/San Diego/Boston/ DC/ San Fran) 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. | Serve | 7 |
| Senior Engineer, Software - Autonomous Aircraft Integration (R4983) 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. | Ship | 7 |
| Staff Engineer, Software - Autonomous Aircraft Integration (R4983) 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. | Ship | 7 |
| Senior Staff Engineer, Software - Autonomous Aircraft Integration (R4983) 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. | Ship | 7 |
| Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy - Tactical Behaviors (R4073) 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. | Agent | 7 |
| Chief Engineer, Autonomy (R4614) 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. | Agent | 7 |
| Senior Engineer, Software Integration and Test (R4461) 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. | Agent | 7 |
| Staff Applications Engineer, Autonomy 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. | Ship | 7 |
| Senior Applications Engineer, Autonomy 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. | Ship | 7 |
| Staff Applications Engineer, Learning & Development (R5053) This role focuses on accelerating customer adoption of Shield AI's Hivemind autonomy software through technical training and enablement. The engineer will become an expert in the software stack, develop training materials, deliver instructor-led training, and translate product complexity into learning experiences. They will also collaborate with internal teams and travel for customer site visits. | — | 5 |
| Technical Program Manager, Mission Autonomy (R5052) Technical Program Manager to lead the integration of Shield AI’s Hivemind autonomy stack onto next-generation aircraft platforms, guiding programs from concept through production and operational deployment. This role is embedded within the Aircraft division and serves as a critical coordination point between the aircraft engineering and autonomy software teams to deliver mission-ready autonomous systems. | — | 5 |
| Sr Manager, X-BAT Training Design (R4995) Shield AI is seeking an X-BAT Training Design Lead to architect and scale the training ecosystem for next-generation autonomous aircraft systems. This role focuses on designing the system of training, ensuring it evolves with system development, flight testing, and operational deployment, to enable safe and effective real-world use. | Ship | 5 |
| Principal Engineer, Systems (R5048) Principal Systems Engineer to lead and scale systems engineering excellence across software-intensive, autonomy-driven platforms. Focus on model-based systems engineering (MBSE), requirements traceability, and integration of system assurance (including safety) into system design for complex autonomous systems. | Ship | 5 |
| Senior Staff BD Account Executive, Hivemind - Air Force (R4795) This role is a Business Development / Account Executive focused on growing Shield AI's Hivemind Autonomy product line, primarily for U.S. defense and government customers. The position involves identifying, shaping, and closing complex sales opportunities, building customer relationships, and aligning customer needs with the company's autonomy capabilities. The ideal candidate is a technically credible seller with experience in defense acquisition processes and a proven track record in strategic account management. | — | 5 |
| Senior Engineer, Operations Analysis (4762) Senior Operational Analyst to contribute to the modeling, simulation, and analysis of Shield AI’s aircraft systems, evaluating effectiveness, survivability, and operational impact. Collaborates with engineering, product, and defense stakeholders to assess system performance and inform design trade-offs. Requires strong knowledge of military operations, M&S, data science, and operational analysis techniques. Analyses will support product decisions and customer engagements by demonstrating how Shield AI’s AI-powered platforms perform in realistic operational environments. | — | 5 |
| Ground System Software Engineer (R4787) Software Engineer focused on building ground control stations, mission planning tools, and communication interfaces for drone operations, integrating with AI/ML systems and other aircraft components. | — | 5 |
| Staff Engineer, Systems (R4625) Shield AI is seeking a Requirements Engineer for their Hivemind Platform Team. This role involves translating product user stories into engineering requirements with testable metrics for their software development kit (SDK) that enables scalable design, deployment, evaluation, and iteration of autonomy architectures for robotic platforms. The position requires extensive experience in requirements management, systems engineering, and a strong understanding of robotics and autonomy concepts, with a focus on safety-critical systems. | — | 5 |
| Senior Staff Engineer, Operations Analysis (R4487) This role focuses on operational analysis, modeling, and simulation of autonomous aircraft systems, specifically evaluating their mission effectiveness, survivability, and operational impact. It involves working with engineering and defense stakeholders to inform design decisions and optimize capabilities for modern warfare scenarios. The role requires expertise in military operations, wargaming, and M&S tools, with a focus on how AI-powered aircraft can best serve evolving needs. | — | 5 |
| Senior Engineer, Operations Analysis (R4487) This role focuses on operational analysis, modeling, and simulation of Shield AI's autonomous systems, particularly AI-powered aircraft. The analyst will evaluate system performance, survivability, and mission impact in military scenarios, collaborating with engineering and defense stakeholders to inform product decisions and customer engagements. The position requires experience in military operations, M&S, and data science, with a focus on applying these skills to assess the effectiveness of AI-driven platforms. | — | 5 |
| Engineer I, Electrical Integration & Test (R5136) Shield AI is seeking an Electrical Integration & Test Engineer to design and automate test systems for critical UAV electrical systems, including power electronics, RF communications, and system integration. The role involves PCB design, Python scripting for automation, and environmental testing to ensure high reliability and mission integrity for their X-BAT aircraft. | — | 0 |
| Senior Engineer, Sensor Integration (R5128) Seeking a Sensor Integration Engineer to support selection, characterization, calibration, and integration of multi-modal navigation and localization sensors for the X-BAT State Estimation team. This role operates at the intersection of software, electrical, and mechanical engineering, requiring the ability to work across disciplines and directly contribute to cross-functional engineering efforts. | — | 0 |
| Senior Staff Technical Product Manager (R5126) Seeking a Sr Staff Technical Product Manager to lead the product support organization for an existing UAS aircraft program. This role will own strategy, operations, fleet sustainment, and cross-functional execution to transition the program into a scalable, data-driven sustainment enterprise. Responsibilities include defining how Shield AI drives aircraft availability, maintenance execution, reliability improvement, technical data, spares, repairs, field support, and customer sustainment outcomes, partnering with support departments to ensure operational effectiveness, financial sustainability, and scalability. | — | 0 |
| Project Manager, Fleet Asset Management (R5118) Project Manager role focused on fleet asset management, specifically supporting configuration updates and modernization efforts for the V-BAT aircraft fleet. This involves ensuring accurate configuration control, assessing hardware/software revisions, and coordinating retrofit activities. The role requires collaboration with Engineering, Production, Operations, and Logistics teams to maintain configuration integrity for a globally deployed fleet. | — | 0 |
| Senior Staff Engineer, Electrical (R5116) Senior Staff Engineer, Electrical role at Shield AI, focusing on the design and development of advanced electrical systems for autonomous aircraft, collaborating across hardware, software, and mechanical teams from concept to production. | — | 0 |
| Engineer II, Electrical (R5111) Electrical Engineer focused on power systems for autonomous aircraft (V-BAT). Responsibilities include design, integration, and troubleshooting of power systems for aircraft and ground support. Requires a solid foundation in power systems and embedded systems. | — | 0 |
| Manager, Quality (R5120) Manager responsible for leading and maintaining the Quality Management System (QMS) for VBAT manufacturing operations, ensuring product conformity, regulatory compliance, and manufacturing quality across production, inspection, and testing. | — | 0 |
| Senior Information Systems Security Officer Seeking a mid-level Information System Security Officer (ISSO) to manage classified and sensitive information systems within a DoD Special Access Program (SAP) environment. The role involves ensuring compliance with cybersecurity and RMF requirements, supporting secure operations, accreditation, continuous monitoring, and audit readiness. Experience with SAP systems, government security stakeholders, and NIST/JSIG/DoD policies is required. | — | 0 |
| Staff COMSEC Officer (R4904) Shield AI is seeking a qualified and experienced COMSEC security specialist to fill the role of COMSEC Manager in support of multiple special access programs. The role involves managing, directing, administering, and developing procedures for deploying classified networks, ensuring strict adherence to laws and DoD policies. The primary responsibility is to manage the company's COMSEC program, oversee its full lifecycle, and act as the primary interface with government agencies on security matters. | — | 0 |
| Lead Pricing Analyst (R5122) Lead Pricing Analyst role focused on developing cost and price proposal strategies for defense programs, requiring cross-functional collaboration with various departments to balance competitiveness, profitability, and risk. | — | 0 |
| Senior Electrical Engineer, Hardware Test (R5099) Senior Electrical Engineer responsible for designing, validating, and deploying advanced test systems for UAV components and subsystems, including PCBs, automated test sequences, and test fixtures. Focuses on power electronics, RF, and communication systems to ensure high reliability in aerospace hardware. | — | 0 |
| Product Delivery Associate (R5078) This role supports the accurate and timely delivery of AI-powered defense products by performing detailed inventory verification, order validation, and delivery readiness activities. It involves physically inventorying hardware, validating configurations against customer sales orders, and ensuring products are complete and correctly documented before delivery, working closely with production, quality, maintenance, and logistics teams. The role also supports Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and assists during customer acceptance events, requiring strong attention to detail and process execution in a fast-paced hardware/manufacturing environment. | — | 0 |
| Electrical Engineer, Hardware Test (R5099) Electrical Engineer focused on designing and automating test systems for UAV hardware components, including power electronics, RF, and communications. Requires PCB design, Python scripting, and experience with environmental testing. | — | 0 |
| Manager, Field Integration & Test (R5104) Manager for Field Integration & Test of the V-BAT unmanned aircraft system, focusing on maritime and expeditionary integration activities. Responsible for leading a multidisciplinary field operations team, overseeing planning, execution, and sustainment of shipboard and land-based integration efforts. Serves as technical authority for field integration operations, providing guidance on RF systems, network communications, shipboard installations, and operational system validation. Requires strong leadership, technical expertise in RF communications, maritime integration, spectrum management, and complex system deployment. | — | 0 |
| Senior Engineer, Mechanical Test (R5091) The Mechanical Test Engineer will design, test, and validate hardware for intelligent systems, focusing on vibration, modal, structural, and environmental testing to quantify product performance and inform hardware design. This role is crucial for understanding how Shield AI's products perform in real-world operating conditions. | — | 0 |
| Staff Engineer, Software Embedded Applications (R5033) Seeking an experienced embedded software engineer with C++ experience to develop complex avionics software for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The role involves working with a cross-functional team on modern aerospace sensors and state-of-the-art UAV avionics. | — | 0 |