Shield AI
Defense · Defense AI
- HQ
- San Diego, US
- Founded
- 2015
- Website
- shield.ai
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 |
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| Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer (R5009) Shield AI is seeking a Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer to design, integrate, and maintain data acquisition systems for their autonomous jet aircraft. This role involves hands-on work with sensors, hardware, and ensuring data quality for flight testing and mission success. | — | 0 |
| Staff Engineer, Flight Test (R5006) Staff Engineer, Flight Test for a deep-tech company focused on intelligent systems for aircraft. The role involves planning, executing, and analyzing ground and flight test operations for a next-generation aircraft system, collaborating across various engineering and product segments. | — | 0 |
| Senior Director, Finance Transformation (R4928) Seeking a Senior Director of Finance Applications to lead finance systems and an ERP implementation initiative. This role will build and lead the organization responsible for creating infrastructure and systems to enable operations teams to scale and achieve process excellence. The primary mandate is to lead Shield AI's ERP implementation end-to-end, bridging Finance and IT to ensure business requirements are translated into system design, milestones are met, and end users are successful. Success requires partnership with Finance leaders, the CIO organization, and external implementation partners to align systems and practices with Shield AI's business strategy. The role owns scalability, functionality, and ease of execution across all Finance systems, with ERP as the cornerstone initiative. |
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| Technician 4, Quality Engineering (R4959) Quality Engineering Technician supporting the development and validation of next-generation autonomous systems in the defense industry. Responsibilities include inspection, testing, troubleshooting, and data collection to ensure product quality and execution efficiency. | — | 0 |
| Staff Engineer, XBAT DevOps (R4542) (Dallas, TX) DevOps Engineer responsible for CI/CD and automation stack, driving developer velocity, pipeline health, and large-scale test execution for autonomy, embedded, and ground software in a robotics company. | — | 0 |
| Staff Engineer, Field Quality (R4958) Staff Engineer, Field Quality role at Shield AI, focusing on supporting next-generation autonomous systems. Responsibilities include identifying product quality issues, driving root cause investigations, and improving system reliability across the product lifecycle. Requires experience with complex hardware systems in aerospace, defense, robotics, including failure analysis and corrective actions. | — | 0 |
| Senior Quality Technical Program Manager (R4957) This role is for a Senior Quality Technical Program Manager at Shield AI, a defense technology company focused on intelligent autonomous systems. The role involves leading quality engineering initiatives, validation efforts, issue resolution, and risk tracking across the product lifecycle, partnering with various engineering and program teams. Experience in hardware or aerospace quality programs, validation planning, root cause analysis, and reliability tracking is required. | — | 0 |
| Equity Program Manager (R4944) Shield AI is a deep-tech company focused on intelligent systems for defense. This role is for an Equity Program Manager within the finance team, responsible for administering equity compensation programs like stock options and RSUs, ensuring accurate recordkeeping, regulatory compliance, and employee communication. | — | 0 |
| Staff Instructional Design Multimedia Specialist (R4810) Shield AI is seeking an Instructional Design & Multimedia Specialist to design and develop training experiences for internal and external audiences, combining video, visual storytelling, and digital learning design. The role involves creating visual and video assets, translating complex technical concepts into clear content, and elevating the quality of the training ecosystem through multimedia production. This is a high-impact role for a creative individual in a fast-paced, mission-focused environment. | — | 0 |
| Director of Production (R4782) Director of Production to lead U.S.-based manufacturing operations and scale the future of autonomous defense systems. This role will drive execution across factory floor operations, partner cross-functionally with quality, engineering and supply chain teams, and ensure production systems are ready for future needs. The ideal candidate is a bold, hands-on leader who can inspire teams, architect production systems, and scale operations with intensity, precision, and a clear mission. | — | 0 |
| Engineer II, C++ Systems Integration (R4021) Shield AI is a deep-tech company developing intelligent systems for defense applications. This role is for a C++ Systems Integration Engineer focused on building and integrating cross-language software, CI/CD pipelines, and distributed real-time systems within simulation environments and third-party integrations. The role requires strong C++ and Python skills, Linux proficiency, and experience with CI/CD tools and containerization. A SECRET clearance is required. | — | 0 |
| Tax Manager (R4989) Seeking a Tax Manager with a primary focus on income tax provision (ASC 740) and tax compliance. This role will partner closely with accounting, finance, and external advisors on quarterly and annual tax provision processes. Requires a strong technical foundation in ASC 740 and progressive tax experience, ideally from Big 4 or large public accounting firms. | — | 0 |
| Information Systems Security Officer (R4900) The Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) will support the Federal Systems Team, ensuring the security, compliance, and integrity of classified information systems in a high-performance classified IT environment. Responsibilities include implementing and monitoring cybersecurity controls, supporting system accreditation, and ensuring compliance with DoD and IC security requirements, including those for Cross Domain Solutions (CDS). | — | 0 |
| Director of Indirect Procurement (R4993) Director of Indirect Procurement at Shield AI, a deep-tech defense company. Responsible for enterprise-wide strategy for indirect spend categories (IT, software, professional services, etc.), focusing on cost optimization, risk mitigation, and supplier performance. Collaborates with executive leadership, Finance, Legal, and IT to drive value and mature procurement capabilities. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer, C++ Software Integration (R4021) 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. | — | 0 |
| Technician 3, Quality Systems Engineering (R4956) This role supports quality management processes for advanced products in a defense tech company. It involves collaboration with engineering and manufacturing teams to ensure systems, documentation, and production meet high standards, focusing on continuous improvement and operational excellence. | — | 0 |
| Quality Engineering Inspector 3 (R4977) 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. | — | 0 |
| Quality Engineering Inspector 2 (R4976) 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. | — | 0 |
| Staff Digital Operations Lead (R4912) 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. | — | 0 |
| Engineer I, Electromechanical (R4951) 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. | — | 0 |
| Staff Px Business Partner, Engineering (R4850) 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. | — | 0 |
| Senior Facility Security Officer (R4918) 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. | — | 0 |
| Senior Facility Security Officer (R4917) 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. | — | 0 |
| Senior Facility Security Officer 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. | — | 0 |
| Senior Personnel Security Specialist (R4915) 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. | — | 0 |
| Senior Engineer, Software Engineering Tools (R4913) 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. | — | 0 |
| Staff Contractor Program Security Officer (R4908) 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. | — | 0 |
| Senior Engineer, Software Systems (R4903) 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. | — | 0 |
| Senior Systems Administrator (R4902) 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. | — | 0 |
| Senior Systems Administrator, Cross Domain (R4901) 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. | — | 0 |
| Staff Engineer, Mechanical Test (R4888) 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. | — | 0 |
| Staff Engineer, Mechanical (R4887) 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. | — | 0 |
| Senior Trade Compliance Specialist- Authorizations (R4873) 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. | — | 0 |
| Senior Trade Compliance Specialist, Classifier (R4874) 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. | — | 0 |
| Staff Contractor Program Security Officer (R4898) 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. | — | 0 |
| Strategic Capture Director (R4893) 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. | — | 0 |
| Staff Technician, Air Vehicle Systems (R4892) 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. | — | 0 |
| Senior Engineer, Air Vehicle Fluid Systems (R4891) Senior Engineer, Air Vehicle Fluid Systems for a jet-engine VTOL military UAV platform. | — | 0 |
| Senior Engineer, Mechanisms (R4890) 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. | — | 0 |
| Engineer II, Mechanical (R4886) 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. | — | 0 |
| Senior Director, BD - Simulation (R4883) 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. | — | 0 |
| Senior Human Machine Interface Designer (R4854) 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. | — | 0 |
| Senior Staff Network Architect (R4843) 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. | — | 0 |
| Senior Engineer, Software Test (R4877) 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. | — | 0 |
| Associate Global S/R Specialist (R4871) 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. | — | 0 |
| Manager, Simulation Engineering (R4870) 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. | — | 0 |
| Senior Manager, Mechanisms Engineering (R4858) 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. | — | 0 |
| Structural Test Stand Design Engineer (R4413) 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. | — | 0 |
| Senior Component Engineer 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. | — | 0 |
| Senior Staff Engineer, Mechanisms (R4857) 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. | — | 0 |