# Director, Engineering Excellence & Design Standards

**Company:** [Shield AI](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-companies/shield-ai)
**Location:** Dallas, Texas
**Work mode:** On-site
**Employment type:** Full Time
**Salary:** USD 209K–314K/yr
**Category:** Mechanical
**Department:** Other
**Listed:** 2026-04-22

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## Job description

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit [www.shield.ai](http://www.shield.ai/). Follow Shield AI on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/shield-ai), [X](https://x.com/shieldaitech), [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/shield_ai), and [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@Shield_AI). 

  

### **Job Description:** 

  
Shield AI is building the world’s best AI pilot to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. As we scale both our proven VBAT platform and develop next-generation systems like XBAT, we are investing in how we build—not just what we build. 

We are seeking a senior technical leader to define and operationalize engineering design standards across the company. This position is focused on establishing engineering excellence—driving consistency, rigor, and scalability across design, analysis, certification, CAD, documentation, and configuration management. 

This is a high-impact individual contributor role with broad scope across multiple engineering disciplines, responsible for raising the bar on engineering quality without slowing down execution.

## Other open roles at Shield AI

- [Senior Manager, Autonomy (R5683)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/senior-manager-autonomy-r5683-7a8cac10-c350-4aa0-9982-4638568590ca) — Melbourne
- [Staff Field Solutions Engineer (R6297)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/staff-field-solutions-engineer-r6297-ac234764-8e81-4ffb-b822-8ff8338b2fda) — San Diego, California
- [Staff Field Solution Engineer - XBAT - AMER (R6265)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/staff-field-solution-engineer-xbat-amer-r6265-90a28307-769a-49f8-bd19-a0d8b4385e11) — Washington, D.C.
- [Staff Engineer, Test Automation - San Mateo (R5792)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/staff-engineer-test-automation-san-mateo-r5792-427ac807-bc6a-4e8c-8f15-8322880ffcaf) — San Mateo, California
- [Staff Engineer, Autonomy Software Integration - San Mateo (R4483)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/staff-engineer-autonomy-software-integration-san-mateo-r4483-c572c4ac-5a16-40a7-ad56-aee3ebead2ef) — San Mateo, California

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