Staff Mechanical Design Engineer to lead the design, development, and testing of Ground Support Equipment (GSE) for next gen UAS. This role is instrumental in creating robust, field-deployable support systems that enable aircraft operations, maintenance, and sustainment in military environments.

Staff Mechanical Design Engineer for Ground Support Equipment (GSE) for next-gen UAS in defense.

Lead FP&A Analyst role focused on forecasting orders, revenue, and cash flow, preparing executive-level reports, and providing analytical support for budget tracking within the U.S. defense sector. Requires experience with government contracting dynamics and software-driven environments. Familiarity with AI/ML tools is a plus.

Manager of Software Engineering for System Update Tools at Shield AI, a defense tech company. The role involves leading a team to design and develop software applications for over-the-air (OTA) updates, operator training simulations, maintenance management, and flight data analysis for aircraft systems. The focus is on creating robust, scalable, and integrated software solutions to enhance product operability and usability.

Staff Quality Engineer at Shield AI, a defense tech company building autonomous aircraft. The role focuses on ensuring product performance, reliability, and safety by leading quality initiatives across the product lifecycle, developing quality systems (AS9100), leading root cause investigations, and partnering with engineering and manufacturing teams. This role supports NPI, establishes control plans, and uses data-driven methods to improve manufacturing performance. It involves shaping quality strategy and influencing cross-functional decisions.

This role is for a Staff Technical Program Manager focused on manufacturing for advanced, deep-tech products in the defense industry. The primary responsibility is to lead the execution of complex manufacturing programs from concept to production, ensuring cross-functional alignment and driving program outcomes end-to-end. The role requires strong program leadership, operational planning, and experience in aerospace or advanced manufacturing, particularly in a startup or high-growth environment.

The Desktop Support Supervisor leads the frontline end-user support function while partnering closely with Desktop Engineering, Systems Administration, Cybersecurity, and Infrastructure teams to deliver a secure, reliable, and high-quality technology experience. This role ensures that support operations run efficiently, incidents are resolved quickly, and the team is equipped with the skills, tools, and processes needed to support a modern enterprise environment.

Staff Harness Design Engineer to lead the architecture, design, and development of precision wire harnesses and cable assemblies for Shield AI's next-generation autonomous UAV platform. This role involves concept, 3D CAD routing, analysis, prototyping, and testing of harnesses in mission-critical environments, with a focus on reliability and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Senior Staff Electromechanical Engineer focused on designing and integrating avionics systems for next-generation aircraft, from concept to production, ensuring compliance with aerospace standards in a fast-paced environment.

Shield AI is seeking a Harness Design Engineer to design wire harnesses and cable assemblies for their autonomous UAV platform. This role involves electrical and environmental analysis, prototyping, testing, and collaboration with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will have a degree in engineering, 2+ years of experience in harness design for aerospace or robotics, strong CAD skills, and familiarity with EWIS design software and standards.

This role is for a Finance Lead supporting the Hivemind business unit at Shield AI, a deep-tech company focused on intelligent systems for defense. The candidate will be responsible for financial modeling, operational finance, and data analysis, with a focus on driving business performance and strategic decision-making. Experience in the Aerospace & Defence industry and government contracting is required.

This role is for a Metrology Engineering Technician responsible for programming and operating Coordinate Measurement Machines (CMMs) and other metrology equipment to perform dimensional inspections of aerospace components, ensuring they meet drawing requirements, GD&T specifications, and AS9100 quality standards. The role involves end-to-end metrology support for new product introduction, routine inspections, and root cause investigations in the development of autonomous aircraft systems.

This role is for a Standardization Pilot at Shield AI, a defense tech company focused on intelligent systems for military aviation. The pilot will define best practices for flight operations, execute V-BAT flight operations, serve as a subject matter expert, assist in developing SOPs and training materials, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. The role requires UAS pilot experience or equivalent military aviation experience and a strong understanding of aviation principles and flight safety. It is not directly involved in building or researching AI/ML models.

Shield AI is seeking an experienced CNC Programmer / Machinist to develop autonomous aerospace systems. This role involves programming, setting up, and operating CNC machines for prototype parts, collaborating with engineers on DFM, and troubleshooting machining challenges. The position also includes mentoring junior machinists and contributing to process development in a fast-paced R&D environment.

Shield AI is seeking a Staff Engineering Specialist to join their Hardware Test Engineering team. This role focuses on building, designing, and maintaining mechanical hardware for production test systems and manufacturing support equipment, including fixtures, adapters, and tooling. The specialist will ensure reliable and repeatable testing of aircraft subsystems and components, requiring strong mechanical fabrication, assembly, design, and troubleshooting skills.

Senior Program Finance Analyst role supporting the Hivemind business unit, focusing on financial visibility, forecasting, budgeting, and strategic execution. Requires strong analytical skills, financial modeling, operational finance, and data analysis experience, with a foundational understanding of US GAAP and government contracting in a hardware-oriented environment.

Seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to design, analyze, and implement hydraulic and actuated systems for the X-BAT military UAV platform. Responsibilities include supplier management, system requirements, and cross-functional collaboration.

Shield AI is a deep-tech company developing intelligent systems for defense, seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager for their X-BAT propulsion team. This role focuses on coordinating development activities for engine hardware, fuel systems, and testing, ensuring alignment with vehicle milestones and program objectives. The TPM will manage cross-functional teams, suppliers, and technical risks, translating complex work into clear status for leadership.

Seeking a Supplier Development Engineer with a focus on machined parts within the aerospace industry. Responsibilities include auditing supplier processes, ensuring quality assurance, providing technical guidance, monitoring supplier performance, managing risks, and supporting new product introductions. Requires 7+ years of experience in supply chain or manufacturing engineering, CAD proficiency, data analysis skills, and experience with PLM/ERP systems.

This role is for a Senior Systems Administrator in India to support the local IT operations for Shield AI's India entity. The primary responsibilities include providing hands-on IT support, managing device provisioning, maintaining local infrastructure, and ensuring IT operational tasks do not burden AI Hive engineers, allowing them to focus on core engineering initiatives. The role reports to local India leadership but receives functional direction from U.S. Enterprise IT.

Staff Systems Administrator responsible for end-to-end ownership of enterprise IT infrastructure in a dedicated operational environment, including on-premises systems, cloud platforms, endpoint environments, and identity services. Requires significant independence in defining priorities, executing improvements, and ensuring operational resilience within a secure, performance-driven environment.

The Senior Engineering Technician - Operational Excellence will support the deployment and continuous advancement of performance systems and operational standards within Shield AI’s manufacturing organization. This role will contribute to building a culture of execution excellence by facilitating structured problem-solving initiatives and supporting measurable improvements across Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and People (SQDCP).

Shield AI is seeking an experienced Material Planner to optimize material planning and procurement processes, ensuring seamless collaboration across teams to support operational success in a deep-tech defense company.

Staff Engineer focused on manufacturing equipment, test racks, and test cells for defense products (aircraft, intelligent systems). Role involves leading development, sustainment, and improvement of electromechanical systems in a production environment, troubleshooting, driving reliability, and managing vendors. Requires strong hands-on experience with complex systems and cross-functional collaboration.

The Sr. Manager, Supplier Development Engineer will define and lead the supplier development strategy, focusing on improving cost, lead time, quality, and scalability of suppliers for Shield AI's deep-tech products, including aircraft and intelligent systems. This role involves establishing audit frameworks, owning supplier quality, leading root cause investigations, developing performance review mechanisms, assessing technical maturity, and driving supplier capability upgrades in partnership with Engineering and Operations. The position also requires influencing early design decisions for manufacturability and supply chain scalability, building supplier performance monitoring systems, and managing supply chain risks.

Seeking a Senior Propulsion Technician for Shield AI's X-BAT Propulsion Engineering team, specializing in UAV propulsion systems. Responsibilities include assembly, testing, troubleshooting, and maintenance of low-bypass turbofan engines. Requires experience with aircraft engines, aerospace companies, or military aviation maintenance.

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Propulsion Test Engineer to lead the planning and execution of propulsion test campaigns for their X-BAT UAV platform. This role involves end-to-end ownership of test activities, including design, execution, data analysis, and iteration, with a focus on characterizing engine performance and ensuring flight readiness. The role requires collaboration with various engineering teams and proficiency in Python for data analysis.

Senior Propulsion Engineer for a next-generation UAV platform, responsible for cradle-to-grave ownership of the propulsion subsystem, including requirements, design, build, test, flight, performance validation, and operational support. Requires strong knowledge of aerospace engine fundamentals, hands-on testing experience, and Python proficiency for analysis.

Senior Propulsion Design Engineer for UAVs, focusing on the full lifecycle of propulsion system components, including design, release, testing, and flight operations. Requires CAD proficiency, collaboration with production teams, and engineering analysis.

This role is for a Senior Director of Program Management focused on emerging domains within Shield AI's Hivemind business. The individual will shape and execute programs, manage contracts, and ensure on-time deliveries. Responsibilities include managing program elements, customer relationships, project plans, financials, and supporting business development efforts. Requires experience delivering new development products to operational environments and sustaining software-centric products, with expertise in program management, financials, and gate reviews.

This role is for a Lead Program Finance Analyst at Shield AI, a defense technology company. The analyst will be responsible for building, maintaining, and scaling financial models for forecasting, budgeting, and long-term planning. Key responsibilities include analyzing data trends, providing financial support to program management and operations teams, developing reporting dashboards, and assisting with financial planning cycles. The role requires advanced Excel, financial modeling, and data analysis skills, along with a strong understanding of US GAAP and government contracting environments. Experience with Power BI is also required.

Shield AI is a deep-tech company developing intelligent systems for defense, including aircraft and vision products. This role is for a CNC Machinist responsible for setting up and operating CNC machines to manufacture precision components.

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Manager, Treasury to build and scale the corporate treasury function within a high-growth, mission-driven technology company. This role will focus on global cash management, liquidity planning, FX risk mitigation, and banking relationships.

Shield AI is seeking a senior security professional to lead product security and compliance efforts for their operational autonomous aircraft platforms. This role requires experience securing aerospace or defense products and a strong understanding of RMF, NIST 800-53, and the ATO process, with a focus on practical, engineering-driven security decisions.

Shield AI is seeking an Engineering Specialist/Sr. Technician for their Avionics Engineering team to support the development of the X-BAT aircraft. This role involves supporting the design, verification, procurement, manufacturing, and testing of custom avionics systems, focusing on electrical systems and circuit boards. Responsibilities include benchtop testing, designing test fixtures, reworking circuit boards, and reading schematics.

This role focuses on ensuring the robustness and long-term performance of flight hardware (VBAT aircraft) by implementing design-for-reliability best practices, conducting environmental and stress testing, performing failure analysis, and collaborating with design and manufacturing teams. It involves analyzing field data, shaping material selection, and developing corrective actions. The role requires a technical background in materials science, electronics manufacturing, and reliability concepts, with proficiency in Python.

Shield AI is seeking a Strategy & Operations Lead to help define enterprise strategy and ensure its operational execution. This role offers immersive exposure to the company’s most critical decisions — spanning aircraft systems, AI software (Hivemind), autonomy hardware, and international growth. The role combines high-performance expectations with a strong learning and development environment — ideal for early-career professionals seeking to grow into future strategy, operations, or general management leaders.

This role is for a Senior Director of FP&A at Shield AI, a deep-tech company building autonomous systems for defense and commercial markets. The role focuses on building the financial backbone, liquidity strategy, and scalable financial systems, partnering with various departments including Engineering and Data teams. It requires strong FP&A experience, system building skills, and financial modeling expertise, with a preference for experience in defense or deep-tech industries.

This role is for a Senior Manager, Corporate Finance to lead forecasting and Anaplan operations for Corporate FP&A and serve as the Finance Business Partner for all G&A functions. The role requires strong financial modeling, scalable process design, and cross-functional partnership skills, with a focus on automation and improving financial systems.

Shield AI is a deep-tech company developing intelligent systems for defense, including autonomous aircraft and software. This Director of Chief Engineering role leads a team responsible for the technical execution and delivery of software development and integration of their Hivemind platform across multiple customer platforms. The role focuses on team leadership, functional excellence in engineering practices, technical alignment across disciplines, and partnership with Program Management to ensure successful project delivery, balancing technical rigor, risk, schedule, and cost.

Staff Engineer, DevOps responsible for owning and operating the CI/CD and automation stack for autonomy, embedded, and ground software. The role focuses on improving developer velocity, scaling simulation test execution, managing infrastructure, and automating tasks to empower developers. It involves integrating automated testing, implementing monitoring, and collaborating with other teams on best practices.

This role is for a Maintenance Technician II for Shield AI's V-BAT unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and associated Ground Support Equipment (GSE). Responsibilities include conducting maintenance, constructing wiring harnesses, soldering components, and supporting the development of maintenance task instructions. Requires experience in aviation maintenance, ability to obtain a security clearance, and a US passport. FAA A&P license and UAS/avionics experience are preferred.

Senior Verification and Validation Engineer at Shield AI, a deep-tech company focused on intelligent systems for defense. The role involves generating mission test scenarios, participating in design reviews, conducting system verification and validation, writing Python test analyzers, producing test coverage reports, and recommending improvements to simulation models. Requires 5+ years of experience in testing complex integrated software systems, expertise in test automation, and understanding of the software product development lifecycle, particularly for autonomy or vehicle systems. Experience with the V-model, automating test cases, and producing technical documentation is also required. The role is focused on ensuring the quality and readiness of autonomy and flight control software for Shield AI's aircraft products.

This role is for a Senior Air Vehicle Operator responsible for executing and leading V-BAT flight operations in support of DoD and foreign customers. It requires strong aviation judgment, disciplined execution, and leadership in austere conditions. Responsibilities include mission planning, risk assessment, flight execution, post-flight debriefs, and system validation. The role also involves mentoring junior operators and serving as an on-site operational representative.

Electrical Integration Staff Engineer responsible for integrating avionics systems, sensors, actuators, and payloads onto aircraft and launch/recovery vehicles. This role involves defining avionics architecture, harnessing, system integration documentation, hardware bring-up, debugging, and leading integration efforts from concept through production.

Electrical Integration Engineer II role focused on integrating avionics systems, sensors, actuators, and payloads onto aircraft and launch/recovery vehicles. Responsibilities include harness design, hardware bring-up, testing, debugging, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration. Requires a Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering field and 0-3 years of experience with electrical systems and hardware integration.

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Engineer for their Software Integration & Operations group to improve and enhance aeronautical physics models for simulation and evaluation. The role involves translating theoretical models into C++ implementations, validating them against real-world data, and prototyping new modeling techniques. This position is crucial for ensuring the fidelity and reliability of AI-driven aircraft simulations for training and engineering pipelines.