The Aircraft division designs, builds, and flies Shield AI's uncrewed aircraft. V-BAT is an ISR aircraft with an operational record from Ukraine to the Indo-Pacific, flown by U.S. and allied forces. X-BAT is an AI-piloted fighter that takes off and lands without a runway, in build now for first flight this year. The work runs from clean-sheet airframe and propulsion design in San Diego to production and flight test in Dallas-Frisco.
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Growth (Sales and Marketing)
The Growth division is how the capability reaches the people who depend on it. Its sellers, capture managers, and solutions engineers carry V-BAT, Hivemind, and X-BAT into the rooms where the U.S. and allied governments decide what to field, across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.
Hivemind
Hivemind is Shield AI's autonomy stack, the software that flies the aircraft. It has been flying since 2018, across more than 30 platforms including an F-16, and it works in the GPS- and comms-denied conditions where remote-controlled drones fail. It is under a U.S. Air Force production contract for Collaborative Combat Aircraft, and it runs on partner platforms beyond our own. The work is modern C++ autonomy: planning, perception, state estimation, and the ground systems and integration that put it on real aircraft.
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Aerospace • Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Robotics • Software
Develop and maintain control and autonomy algorithms for the V-BAT codebase across full lifecycle: algorithm design, software implementation, unit/component tests, flight software qualification, flight test support, and simulation model updates and validation. Work on control systems for unmanned aerial systems and robotics, including outer-loop path planning/trajectory synthesis and hierarchical software integration.
Aerospace • Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Robotics • Software
Provides enterprise IT support and junior systems administration across Windows, macOS, and Linux environments. Supports executive users, conference room technology, user accounts, endpoint security, asset lifecycle management, software licensing, incidents, documentation, and maintenance activities. Collaborates with infrastructure, network, and security teams while delivering customer-focused support across multiple locations.
Aerospace • Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Robotics • Software
Develop and maintain software for mission systems and support tools, including writing new code, fixing bugs, meeting schedules, and collaborating on application design. The role requires strong C++, JavaScript, and ReactJS skills, analytical problem-solving, software module development, source-code maintenance, and clear technical communication. Preferred experience includes GIS mapping, interactive map libraries, video processing, and frontend UI/UX design.
