Jobs at Shield AI

Leads Shield AI’s global partner program across reseller and OEM relationships. Responsibilities include recruiting and onboarding strategic partners, designing program structures and incentives, developing two-way channels, enabling partners, governing relationships, and tracking pipeline, revenue, margins, productivity, and incentive ROI. The role systematizes partner operations across regions and requires approximately 40% international travel.

Supports global mobility operations, including domestic and international relocations, expatriate assignments, immigration coordination, case tracking, employee communications, vendor management, documentation, reporting, audits, and process improvement. The role coordinates with HR, payroll, finance, legal, security, immigration counsel, relocation providers, and other stakeholders while maintaining accurate records, meeting deadlines, and escalating complex or sensitive matters.

Owns propulsion hardware and capabilities from requirements and architecture through procurement, integration, testing, flight, and operational deployment. Leads engine performance and vehicle integration, technical reviews, supplier engagement, propulsion testing, data analysis, failure investigations, and corrective actions. Collaborates with multidisciplinary engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, test, and flight teams while mentoring junior personnel. Requires strong gas turbine propulsion fundamentals, hands-on aerospace hardware experience, Python-based engineering analysis, and U.S. citizenship with clearance eligibility.

Research, design, implement, and deploy deep-learning perception capabilities for autonomous and non-autonomous platforms. Develop computer vision solutions using convolutional neural networks and transformers, deploy AI systems to edge devices, build tools to scale deep learning operations, and contribute to research and development projects.

Own the employer-brand recruiting events strategy, including annual calendars, conferences, sponsorships, partnerships, service-connected talent programs, budgets, vendor relationships, and on-site execution. Build experiences that attract engineering, defense, aerospace, AI, robotics, veteran, and military-transition talent. Establish measurement frameworks connecting event activity to recruiting pipelines, applications, offers, hires, and source attribution. Create playbooks and staffing resources for recruiters and engineers.

Design, develop, test, and deploy autonomous behaviors for uncrewed aircraft. Build sensor-fusion solutions using real sensor data, develop autonomy systems through software- and hardware-in-the-loop simulations, integrate autonomy products with aircraft and third-party systems, and collaborate across AI, robotics, and systems engineering teams. Contribute to architecture, code quality, design reviews, and engineering best practices while mentoring junior engineers.

Design, develop, test, and deploy autonomous capabilities for uncrewed aircraft. Responsibilities include implementing autonomous behaviors, processing sensor data, building sensor-fusion solutions, conducting software and hardware-in-the-loop simulations, integrating autonomy products with aircraft systems, contributing to architecture and code quality, and mentoring junior engineers.

Design, build, test, and deploy autonomous behaviors for uncrewed aircraft. Develop sensor fusion, task and motion planning, controls, and reliable autonomy software using real sensor data and high-fidelity simulations. Integrate autonomy products with third-party aircraft and systems, collaborate across AI, robotics, and systems engineering teams, contribute to architecture and code quality, and mentor junior engineers.

Designs, develops, tests, and deploys autonomous capabilities for uncrewed aircraft. Responsibilities include implementing autonomous behaviors, sensor fusion, simulation, systems integration, architecture, code quality, design reviews, and collaboration across AI, robotics, and systems engineering teams. The role also leads and mentors junior engineers.

Designs and releases propulsion components and assemblies for UAV internal combustion and jet systems. Leads Siemens NX CAD modeling, detailed drawings, GD&T, design standards, manufacturability, configuration control, BOM management, and work instructions. Collaborates with production, machinists, technicians, and responsible engineers to resolve hardware issues, support testing, investigate root causes, and implement design improvements. Applies engineering analysis and tools such as ANSYS, FEA, GFSSP, and REFPROP.

Owns logistics planning, supply support, supportability analysis, maintenance planning, provisioning, spares forecasting, and lifecycle sustainment for autonomous aircraft systems. Performs Maintenance Task Analysis, Logistics Control Number development, Reliability and Maintainability analysis, Level of Repair Analysis support, inventory planning, and repair pipeline tracking. Coordinates with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, suppliers, and field operations to ensure parts and support resources are available throughout development, production, deployment, and operational sustainment.

Leads aircraft reliability engineering across development, integration, testing, and operations. Establishes reliability requirements and budgets, performs FMEA/FMECA, FTA, RBD, Weibull, and reliability prediction analyses, tracks reliability metrics, supports system safety and testing, reviews supplier data, leads FRACAS activities, identifies design improvements, and communicates risks and corrective actions to engineering leadership and customers. Mentors engineers and improves reliability processes.

Lead architecture, requirements, systems integration, and flight testing for next-generation autonomous UAS platforms. Define system behavior, modes, fault responses, and subsystem requirements; use MBSE tools for modeling and trade studies; integrate avionics, autonomy, propulsion, sensors, and mission systems; support safety analysis, performance validation, airworthiness, and operational deployment. Collaborate with engineering teams, DoD stakeholders, industry partners, and government agencies to deliver mission-ready aircraft.

Leads cybersecurity for airborne aerospace and defense platforms, including architecture, requirements, threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, attack-surface analysis, secure boot, authentication, encryption, key management, and defense-in-depth. Oversees DoD Risk Management Framework activities, authorization evidence, cybersecurity verification, penetration testing, supplier risk reviews, and corrective actions. Partners with engineering teams, suppliers, customers, and program leadership to ensure secure, resilient, safe, and mission-effective aircraft systems.

Design and integrate electromechanical avionics systems from concept through production and flight-test readiness. Responsibilities include avionics packaging, electrical interconnects, thermal management, aircraft integration, structural and modal analysis, environmental and EMI/EMC compliance, design reviews, system validation, and failure analysis. The role collaborates with electrical engineers on PCB constraints, circuit cards, mechanical interfaces, harnesses, and advanced manufacturing methods.

Leads end-to-end mission systems engineering for unmanned aircraft, including architecture, requirements, payloads, avionics, weapons, communications, integration, certification, and flight testing. Performs trade studies and system-of-systems analysis, oversees hardware-in-the-loop and flight-test campaigns, ensures compliance with aerospace standards, and collaborates with program teams, customers, partners, and suppliers to deliver fielded capabilities.

Owns fluid-system layouts, thermal transport hardware, and mechanical installations for Group 5 UAV aircraft. Designs ram-air circuits, liquid cooling systems, ECS/TMS architecture, brackets, mounts, and supports. Performs fluid, thermal, structural, and tolerance analyses; develops CAD models and drawings; sources components; coordinates suppliers; and builds test setups. Delivers integrated, maintainable hardware in an accelerated aerospace development environment.

Co-op reliability engineering role supporting autonomous aircraft hardware validation. Responsibilities include environmental and stress testing, failure analysis, root cause investigations, reliability risk analysis, FMEA, design reviews, corrective actions, process improvements, and collaboration with engineering, manufacturing, and suppliers. The role also involves Python-based data analysis, occasional travel, and ownership of a project under senior engineering mentorship.

Design and develop structural components and assemblies for autonomous UAVs from concept through production release. Perform CAD modeling, hand stress calculations, limited FEA, drawing release, and structural validation. Collaborate with aerodynamics, propulsion, avionics, payload, manufacturing, and flight-test teams. Support hardware integration, testing, failure analysis, design reviews, and resolution of build issues while ensuring aerospace standards, manufacturability, structural integrity, and system integration.

Develop, deploy, and maintain full-stack internal software tools for Shield AI teams. Collaborate with stakeholders to refine requirements, architect robust solutions, and deliver tools that improve team workflows. The role involves supporting a varied suite of applications, from aircraft physics analysis tools to ticket-tracking systems.