Shield AI is building the world's best AI pilot. Our mission is to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Our teams develop cutting-edge autonomy software and advanced aircraft that enable missions in the most demanding environments. As we continue to grow, safety remains foundational to how we innovate, manufacture, and operate.
We are seeking an experienced Senior Manager, Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) to lead and continuously improve our EH&S programs across our facilities. This leader will be responsible for developing and executing comprehensive environmental, health, safety, emergency preparedness, and security programs that protect our employees, facilities, and assets while ensuring compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
What you'll do:
- Design, build, and lead a best-in-class corporate EH&S governance program that supports Shield AI's continued growth.
- Develop and maintain enterprise wide EH&S policies, standards, governance, and management systems across corporate facilities.
- Own corporate EH&S compliance, regulatory reporting, audits, documentation, and relationships with regulatory agencies.
- Establish governance processes, metrics, and executive reporting to measure program effectiveness and drive continuous improvement.
- Partner with Corporate Facilities to administer company-wide EH&S programs, policies, and compliance initiatives.
- Lead corporate emergency preparedness, business continuity planning, and oversight of corporate security policies and programs.
- Analyze compliance trends, incidents, and audit findings to identify risks and implement preventative improvements.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Facilities, Legal, HR, Security, and business leaders to embed EH&S governance across the organization.
- Lead and develop the EH&S team while driving operational excellence and program maturity.
- Ensure compliance with all applicable environmental, health, and safety laws, regulations, and company standards.
Required qualifications:
- 12+ years of progressive EH&S experience, including leadership of corporate EH&S programs or compliance initiatives.
- Experience developing and implementing enterprise EH&S policies, governance, and compliance programs.
- Strong knowledge of OSHA, EPA, and applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
- Experience managing regulatory compliance, audits, reporting, and corrective actions.
- Proven ability to partner cross-functionally with Facilities, Legal, HR, Security, and business leaders.
- Strong project management, communication, and leadership skills.
Preferred qualifications:
- CSP, CIH, CHMM, or similar professional certification.
- Experience in aerospace, defense, manufacturing, or other highly regulated industries.
- Experience building or scaling corporate EH&S programs across multiple sites.
- Knowledge of ISO 14001, ISO 45001, or similar management systems.
- Experience with emergency preparedness, business continuity, or corporate security programs.
Skills Required
- 12+ years of progressive EH&S experience, including leadership of corporate EH&S programs or compliance initiatives
- Experience developing and implementing enterprise EH&S policies, governance, and compliance programs
- Strong knowledge of OSHA, EPA, and applicable federal, state, and local regulations
- Experience managing regulatory compliance, audits, reporting, and corrective actions
- Proven ability to partner cross-functionally with Facilities, Legal, HR, Security, and business leaders
- Strong project management, communication, and leadership skills
- CSP, CIH, CHMM, or similar professional certification
- Experience in aerospace, defense, manufacturing, or other highly regulated industries
- Experience building or scaling corporate EH&S programs across multiple sites
- Knowledge of ISO 14001, ISO 45001, or similar management systems
- Experience with emergency preparedness, business continuity, or corporate security programs
What the Team is Saying
Shield AI Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage includes medical, dental, vision, and mental-health support, with company materials describing excellent coverage. Feedback suggests these offerings are comprehensive and consistently highlighted across official and third-party benefit lists.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity is granted to all full-time hires, with RSU structures and tools like Carta Tax intended to improve understanding and tax timing. Feedback suggests this broad-based ownership approach is a notable component of total rewards.
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Parental & Family Support — Benefits include paid parental leave, fertility support, childcare benefits, family medical leave, and onsite resources such as a Mother's Room. Feedback suggests the family-oriented offerings are more expansive than basic coverage.
Shield AI Insights
What We Do
At Shield AI, you won't wait years to see your work reach the field. You'll build hardware and software that operates in the real world right now, in the hands of the people who depend on it. Hivemind, our AI pilot, has been flying since 2018. It has flown more than 30 platforms, including an F-16, and it now sits under a U.S. Air Force production contract for Collaborative Combat Aircraft. When you write code or shape a system here, you contribute to technology with a proven flight record and a clear production future. V-BAT flies intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions with an operational record that stretches from Ukraine to the Indo-Pacific. It delivers eyes where they matter most, in the most demanding conditions on earth. The teams behind it watch their work get tested where the stakes are real. X-BAT takes its first flight this year. It's an AI-piloted fighter that needs no runway, built to operate where traditional aircraft can't. Join now and you help shape a program at its earliest, most formative stage. That's the kind of ground-floor work that defines a career. Do the most impactful work of your life, on problems that matter. Autonomy at this level asks a lot of you. You'll take on problems in perception, planning, and control that few teams anywhere are equipped to solve. You'll work across disciplines, from aerospace and robotics to machine learning and systems engineering, alongside people who hold themselves to an exacting standard and expect the same from you. Our mission is clear: protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. That purpose runs through every decision, every design review, and every deployment. It's why the work here carries a weight you can feel. Ready to join our mission? Explore our open roles and find where you fit.
Why Work With Us
Founded in 2015 by a former Navy SEAL, Shield AI builds AI pilots and uncrewed aircraft. Veterans aren't an afterthought here, they're at every level. It's why the work carries weight: AI pilots and uncrewed aircraft flying real missions, from Ukraine to the Indo-Pacific, protecting service members and civilians.
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