Senior Site Infrastructure Engineer (R5857)

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3 Locations
In-Office
110K-210K Annually
Senior level
Aerospace • Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Robotics • Software
Our mission is to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems.
The Role
Plans, designs, documents, and supports physical IT infrastructure across offices, labs, manufacturing facilities, and data centers. Responsibilities include rack layouts, MDF/IDF design, cabling, power and cooling capacity planning, DCIM/IPAM/CMDB administration, infrastructure documentation, vendor coordination, site deployments, relocations, and data center expansions. The role partners with network, systems, cloud, security, facilities, and external providers while providing technical guidance to junior engineers.
Summary Generated by Built In
Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedInXInstagram, and YouTube. 

Job Description:Shield AI is seeking a Senior Site Infrastructure Engineer to plan, design, document, and support physical IT infrastructure across offices, engineering facilities, labs, manufacturing environments, and data centers.
 
As part of the Cloud & Infrastructure team within Enterprise Operations, this role will help deliver scalable and reliable site infrastructure, including rack layouts, structured cabling, power and cooling capacity, MDF/IDF design, DCIM, equipment sizing, and infrastructure documentation. You will partner closely with Network, Systems, Cloud, Security, Facilities, Workplace, and external vendors to support new site buildouts, expansions, relocations, and data center deployments.

What you'll do:

    * Plan and design physical IT infrastructure for offices, labs, manufacturing facilities, and data centers.
    * Lead and support new site buildouts, office expansions and relocations, data center deployments, hardware refreshes, and infrastructure moves.
    * Develop rack layouts, MDF/IDF requirements, equipment placement plans, and infrastructure bills of materials.
    * Create and maintain accurate rack elevations, physical connectivity diagrams, equipment records, cable documentation, and DCIM data across office and data center environments.
    * Support capacity planning across rack space, site and data center power, cooling, cabling, and equipment growth.
    * Administer and improve DCIM/IPAM/CMDB platforms such as Nautobot, NetBox, Device42, or equivalent.
    * Establish and maintain physical infrastructure documentation and labeling standards to ensure environments remain accurately documented throughout their lifecycle.
    * Review floor plans, low-voltage drawings, vendor designs, proposals, and statements of work.
    * Coordinate with architects, contractors, colocation providers, carriers, OEMs, and field-service vendors.
    * Partner with Network, Systems, and Cloud Engineering teams to ensure site and data center infrastructure supports compute, storage, connectivity, wireless, security, hybrid connectivity, and public cloud requirements.
    * Identify capacity constraints, documentation gaps, and opportunities to improve infrastructure standards and processes.
    * Provide technical guidance to junior engineers and support teams as needed.

Required Qualifications:

    * 5+ years of experience in data center, enterprise site, or physical IT infrastructure engineering.
    * Experience designing and supporting infrastructure across offices, data centers, labs, or similar enterprise environments.
    * Strong experience creating and maintaining rack elevations, physical infrastructure diagrams, cabling documentation, equipment layouts, and infrastructure records.
    * Strong knowledge of rack design, structured copper/fiber cabling, equipment placement, and physical infrastructure standards.
    * Strong working knowledge of data center and site power, including A/B power, UPS/PDU systems, circuit capacity, equipment power draw, redundancy, and related cooling/airflow considerations.
    * Experience designing MDF/IDF environments and sizing infrastructure for new or expanding facilities.
    * Experience with DCIM/IPAM/CMDB platforms such as Nautobot, NetBox, Device42, Sunbird, or similar.
    * Working understanding of enterprise networking, including switching, wireless, WAN connectivity, and carrier services.
    * Ability to interpret architectural drawings, floor plans, low-voltage designs, and equipment specifications.
    * Experience working with colocation providers, low-voltage contractors, carriers, and technology vendors.
    * Strong technical documentation, communication, and organizational skills.
    * Ability to independently execute infrastructure projects from planning through deployment.
    * Ability to travel periodically for site and data center deployments.

Preferred Qualifications:

    * Experience supporting a geographically distributed or rapidly growing enterprise.
    * Experience across offices, engineering labs, manufacturing environments, and colocation data centers.
    * Hands-on experience with Nautobot or NetBox for DCIM, IPAM, rack elevations, circuits, and infrastructure documentation.
    * Experience supporting data center migrations, expansions, or greenfield site deployments.
    * Familiarity with hybrid infrastructure and public cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure, including connectivity between enterprise sites, data centers, and cloud environments.
    * Familiarity with infrastructure from vendors such as Juniper, Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Dell, APC, or Vertiv.
    * Experience developing infrastructure BOMs, cost estimates, lifecycle plans, and capacity forecasts.
    * Experience using APIs, scripting, or automation to improve DCIM and infrastructure lifecycle management.
    * Experience within aerospace, defense, manufacturing, or other regulated environments.
    * Relevant certifications such as BICSI, CDCP, CCNA/CCNP, or equivalent.

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Full-time regular employee offer package:
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
 
Temporary employee offer package:
Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)
 
Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.
 
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Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. 

Skills Required

  • 5+ years of experience in data center, enterprise site, or physical IT infrastructure engineering
  • Experience designing and supporting infrastructure across offices, data centers, labs, or similar enterprise environments
  • Experience creating and maintaining rack elevations, physical infrastructure diagrams, cabling documentation, equipment layouts, and infrastructure records
  • Strong knowledge of rack design, structured copper and fiber cabling, equipment placement, and physical infrastructure standards
  • Working knowledge of data center and site power, including A/B power, UPS/PDU systems, circuit capacity, equipment power draw, redundancy, cooling, and airflow
  • Experience designing MDF/IDF environments and sizing infrastructure for new or expanding facilities
  • Experience with DCIM, IPAM, or CMDB platforms such as Nautobot, NetBox, Device42, Sunbird, or similar
  • Working understanding of enterprise networking, including switching, wireless, WAN connectivity, and carrier services
  • Ability to interpret architectural drawings, floor plans, low-voltage designs, and equipment specifications
  • Experience working with colocation providers, low-voltage contractors, carriers, and technology vendors
  • Strong technical documentation, communication, and organizational skills
  • Ability to independently execute infrastructure projects from planning through deployment
  • Ability to travel periodically for site and data center deployments
  • Experience supporting a geographically distributed or rapidly growing enterprise
  • Experience across offices, engineering labs, manufacturing environments, and colocation data centers
  • Hands-on experience with Nautobot or NetBox for DCIM, IPAM, rack elevations, circuits, and infrastructure documentation
  • Experience supporting data center migrations, expansions, or greenfield site deployments
  • Familiarity with hybrid infrastructure and AWS or Azure, including connectivity between enterprise sites, data centers, and cloud environments
  • Familiarity with Juniper, Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Dell, APC, or Vertiv infrastructure
  • Experience developing infrastructure bills of materials, cost estimates, lifecycle plans, and capacity forecasts
  • Experience using APIs, scripting, or automation to improve DCIM and infrastructure lifecycle management
  • Experience within aerospace, defense, manufacturing, or other regulated environments
  • Relevant certifications such as BICSI, CDCP, CCNA, CCNP, or equivalent

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  • Healthcare Strength Healthcare coverage is described as excellent, with dental/vision and mental‑health support, and ancillary protections like life and disability appearing in benefit summaries. The breadth and perceived affordability of coverage are highlighted as a standout component of the package.
  • Parental & Family Support Paid parental leave is featured alongside enhanced maternity benefits, fertility and childcare support, and onsite resources such as a Mother’s Room. These elements are positioned as competitive and above the minimal baseline for the company’s stage.
  • Equity Value & Accessibility Equity is granted to all full‑time hires, with RSUs, double‑trigger tax timing, and tools to model scenarios (e.g., through Carta Tax). Communications also reference a transition from options to RSUs, reinforcing access and maturity of ownership programs.

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The Company
HQ: San Diego, CA
Year Founded: 2015

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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