What you'll do:
Own Shield AI's DoW SkillBridge and military fellowship programs end to end, including intake, eligibility tracking, team matching, onboarding, and check-ins through the fellowship
Partner with HR, Legal, and Security to keep onboarding, access, and documentation compliant for participants who remain on active duty
Drive fellow-to-full-time conversion by partnering with hiring managers on fit and headcount, and plan offers ahead of separation dates
Help hiring managers translate military experience, ratings, and qualifications into role fit and leveling
Build relationships with transition assistance programs, base career offices, SkillBridge intermediaries, and veteran-focused organizations
Represent Shield AI at military hiring events, transition fairs, and on-base engagements
Track and report fellow volume, conversion rates, time to hire, and source effectiveness, and use the data to improve the program
Required Qualifications:
5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with at least 2 years recruiting veteran or transitioning military talent
Hands-on experience with DoW SkillBridge, Hiring Our Heroes, or comparable military fellowship programs
Working knowledge of military career paths, ratings, and qualifications, and how they translate to civilian roles
Experience partnering with HR, Legal, or Security on compliance-sensitive hiring workflows
Strong organizational skills and comfort managing rolling start dates and individual candidate timelines
Proficiency with an ATS and reporting on pipeline and conversion metrics
Excellent written and verbal communication; you represent Shield AI credibly to service members, transition offices, and hiring leaders
Willingness to travel for military hiring events and on-base engagements
Preferred Qualifications:
Prior military service or a military spouse/family background
Experience recruiting in defense, aerospace, AI, or robotics
Experience recruiting candidates who hold or are eligible for security clearances
Familiarity with export control (ITAR/EAR) and work authorization requirements in defense hiring
Existing relationships with base transition offices, SkillBridge intermediaries, or veteran service organizations
Skills Required
- 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience
- At least 2 years recruiting veteran or transitioning military talent
- Hands-on experience with DoW SkillBridge, Hiring Our Heroes, or comparable military fellowship programs
- Working knowledge of military career paths, ratings, and qualifications and their translation to civilian roles
- Experience partnering with HR, Legal, or Security on compliance-sensitive hiring workflows
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage rolling start dates and candidate timelines
- Proficiency with an ATS and pipeline and conversion metrics reporting
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Willingness to travel for military hiring events and on-base engagements
- Prior military service or military spouse or family background
- Experience recruiting in defense, aerospace, AI, or robotics
- Experience recruiting candidates who hold or are eligible for security clearances
- Familiarity with ITAR, EAR, and work authorization requirements in defense hiring
- Existing relationships with base transition offices, SkillBridge intermediaries, or veteran service organizations
What the Team is Saying
What We Do
At Shield 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 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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