# Shield AI

Shield AI is a defense technology company building the world's best AI pilot. Their Hivemind AI enables autonomous operations for aircraft, including the V-BAT team drone, without requiring GPS, communications, or a human pilot.

**Headquarters:** San Diego, CA
**Founded:** 2015
**Employees:** ~1,381
**Founder:** Brandon Tseng
**Website:** https://shield.ai
**Careers page:** https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai
**Focus areas:** defense, ai, autonomous-systems, drones, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Autonomous Vehicles, Machine Learning, National Security
**Open positions:** 663

[View all jobs at Shield AI](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-companies/shield-ai)

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## Open Positions (663)

- [Supplier Quality Specialist (R6419)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/supplier-quality-specialist-r6419-3bd4897a-8543-4b9f-9a1a-2985104f67f3) -- Dallas, Texas | Full Time | Operations
- [Supplier Quality Specialist - PCBA Rework (R6420)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/supplier-quality-specialist-pcba-rework-r6420-c162548f-667b-47f9-bec3-627c8ad956d3) -- Dallas, Texas | Full Time | Operations
- [Senior Executive Recruiter - Hivemind (R6523)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/senior-executive-recruiter-hivemind-r6523-56aaf005-96b7-4490-9fa8-8dbf1cebfa23) -- Remote (Remote/Hybrid) | Full Time | People
- [Senior Executive Recruiter - G&A (R6520)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/senior-executive-recruiter-g-a-r6520-c3b9cb07-8148-4906-a751-0bd1e1a45ffe) -- Remote (Remote/Hybrid) | Full Time | People
- [Senior Executive Recruiter - Aircraft (R6521)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/senior-executive-recruiter-aircraft-r6521-cae74e21-6a51-46c1-a5f7-bd73a876a29e) -- Remote (Remote/Hybrid) | Full Time | People
- [Director, Systems Engineering & Architecture - Hivemind Enterprise](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/director-systems-engineering-architecture-hivemind-enterprise-d14aa0d6-f825-441d-9a11-2949d68bc4f8) -- San Diego, California | Full Time | Other
- [Sr. Director, Global People Operations](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/sr-director-global-people-operations-51d51f5e-e1da-494f-8801-73ee952b524b) -- Seattle, Washington | Full Time | People
- [Senior Engineer, Modelling and Simulation (R5703)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/senior-engineer-modelling-and-simulation-r5703-92b941ac-d449-48fd-b480-5b44df06c001) -- Melbourne | Full Time | Other
- [Senior Manager, Security (R6499)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/senior-manager-security-r6499-b527de80-236f-4cbf-8222-992607f2c762) -- London | Full Time | G&A
- [Senior Program Finance Analyst (R6483)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/senior-program-finance-analyst-r6483-d468a68e-252d-4477-9744-2c5fac9f3aad) -- Dallas, Texas | Full Time | G&A
- [Senior Manager, Accounting (R6484)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/senior-manager-accounting-r6484-b186cf4a-0469-4d2c-8bf6-376fb5deaa8f) -- San Diego, California | Full Time | G&A
- [Senior Accountant (R6506)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/senior-accountant-r6506-f36aa14c-617d-4bdf-849e-e635dc376b92) -- San Diego, California | Full Time | G&A
- [June 2027 Co-Op - Software Engineer Intern](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/june-2027-co-op-software-engineer-intern-db8fc063-8856-4404-991c-f287712de949) -- Dallas, Texas | Internship | People
- [Director, V-BAT Middle East & Asia-Pacific Programs (R6512)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/director-v-bat-middle-east-asia-pacific-programs-r6512-0fbea426-4ba5-4c81-944e-17279b4af76a) -- Dallas, Texas | Full Time | Other
- [Technician II, Tool Crib (R6518)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/technician-ii-tool-crib-r6518-c709a393-a02d-4224-8753-1d903c38b80f) -- Seattle, Washington | Full Time | Other
- [Senior Staff Systems Security Engineer, Program Protection (TX/DC/Sea) (R6515)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/senior-staff-systems-security-engineer-program-protection-tx-dc-sea-r6515-f96fb376-39bb-42b7-84a0-7b53ff88f126) -- United States | Full Time | Other
- [Senior Staff Data Engineer, Databricks (R6508)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/senior-staff-data-engineer-databricks-r6508-69df955f-a283-43ea-a029-f4383daa93a8) -- United States | Full Time | Operations
- [Senior Engineer, Production Test (R6513)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/senior-engineer-production-test-r6513-37bb30be-f434-4d11-a071-70e74a8ccff3) -- Seattle, Washington | Full Time | Other
- [Sr. Staff Engineer, Supply Chain - Mechanical Commodities (R6524)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/sr-staff-engineer-supply-chain-mechanical-commodities-r6524-ba153661-f92e-4a2b-a96e-d029c1f823ac) -- Seattle, Washington | Full Time | Operations
- [Product Strategy & Operations Sr. Lead, Advanced Programs (R6510)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/product-strategy-operations-sr-lead-advanced-programs-r6510-7d0600b2-8d89-4fef-863f-97ec4644f7bb) -- Dallas, Texas | Full Time | Other
- [Corporate Legal Director (R6494)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/corporate-legal-director-r6494-b946b878-e03f-4b7e-a6e9-0071a514469a) -- San Mateo, California | Full Time | G&A
- [V-BAT Air Vehicle Operator, Deployed Operations](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/v-bat-air-vehicle-operator-deployed-operations-d89a3d28-bb9e-45da-a99d-e51b28b63474) -- Dallas, Texas | Full Time | Operations
- [People Experience Ops Partner (R6561)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/people-experience-ops-partner-r6561-d46d17c8-58f2-403e-baad-48164ff6ac26) -- London | Full Time | People
- [Head of Operational Excellence](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/head-of-operational-excellence-1cd23ede-77b3-4981-8ba6-7d0a373e985c) -- Dallas, Texas | Full Time | Operations
- [Summer 2027 Intern - Embedded Firmware - 5810](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/summer-2027-intern-embedded-firmware-5810-ac38d092-f435-4301-880b-48d0e92679a4) -- Dallas, Texas | Internship | Other
- [Staff, Platform Engineer AI Compute (6034)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/staff-platform-engineer-ai-compute-6034-651bbbbe-1cba-4d59-8ed8-168f9dbb373b) -- San Diego, California | Full Time | Other
- [Staff Software Engineer ML Platform (6244)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/staff-software-engineer-ml-platform-6244-82e0ffd1-3887-4253-b458-00f39e0a387f) -- San Diego, California | Full Time | Other
- [Structures / Mechanical Test Co-op - January 2027 Co-op](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/structures-mechanical-test-co-op-january-2027-co-op-1be0e71a-cf7f-4966-8532-09e6f40bb9dc) -- Dallas, Texas | Internship | Other
- [Technician III, Production (R6533)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/technician-iii-production-r6533-4bd51339-4469-4238-aa4c-2e7f11dcc031) -- Melbourne | Other
- [Director of Contingent Workforce Programs](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/director-of-contingent-workforce-programs-a60dbbc5-119c-464a-8dd5-3a2d8969e988) -- Seattle, Washington | Full Time | People
- [Senior Military Recruiter](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/senior-military-recruiter-228774d6-9eab-4cbe-9f4c-471a50c49522) -- Seattle, Washington | Full Time | People
- [Senior Applications Engineer, Maritime Autonomy (R6378)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/senior-applications-engineer-maritime-autonomy-r6378-02db91d4-cd4d-4def-977d-76b63b39aa9b) -- United States | Full Time | Other
- [Team Lead, Software Test & Quality Assurance](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/team-lead-software-test-quality-assurance-029739dd-9928-4877-93b3-29666e625cf4) -- Melbourne | Other
- [HMS Simulation Framework Lead (R6397)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/hms-simulation-framework-lead-r6397-645f106b-2bd8-4b00-af2b-75d9ca164730) -- Washington, D.C. | Full Time | Other
- [Senior Recruiter, University and Alternative Channels](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/senior-recruiter-university-and-alternative-channels-cf0cbef4-052e-4e3a-8d8f-8000231cb3a6) -- Seattle, Washington | Full Time | People
- [Senior Software Engineer, Frontend Platform (R5790)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/senior-software-engineer-frontend-platform-r5790-f8b2ffef-ae89-4860-ba6f-b5e59cb6d31e) -- San Diego, California | Full Time | Other
- [Senior Field Services Engineer (R6380)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/senior-field-services-engineer-r6380-91a310b6-6d93-4ba1-8150-4ae91a86dff0) -- San Diego, California | Full Time | Other
- [Sr. Director, Partner Programs (R6239)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/sr-director-partner-programs-r6239-159fa9da-0d5b-4146-9538-0b2953425d97) -- Washington, D.C. | Full Time | Other
- [Global Mobility Specialist (R6192)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/global-mobility-specialist-r6192-763ee63c-dc0a-4b43-888a-8a26bb13b82b) -- Dallas, Texas | Full Time | People
- [Staff Engineer, Propulsion (R5899)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/staff-engineer-propulsion-r5899-dd9bd5fe-fa94-4acc-83c1-735c07405b70) -- Dallas, Texas | Full Time | Other
- [Engineer II, Deep Learning (R5178)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/engineer-ii-deep-learning-r5178-f5e5b220-7103-45e5-a34b-6e4f108cb3a6) -- Melbourne | Full Time | Other
- [Engineer II, Autonomy (R5714)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/engineer-ii-autonomy-r5714-d8efe97a-3bac-437b-94cd-c2ebb741b52c) -- Taipei | Other
- [Senior Engineer, Autonomy (R5710)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/senior-engineer-autonomy-r5710-4494d7c0-26f4-451a-8544-54b1984f098a) -- Melbourne | Full Time | Other
- [Engineer II, Autonomy](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/engineer-ii-autonomy-3d5505d7-d798-4cae-a1e5-daa47c747396) -- Melbourne | Full Time | Other
- [Staff Engineer, Autonomy (R5684)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/staff-engineer-autonomy-r5684-01ffeed1-338a-4b8c-ae86-193d24b1fa3a) -- Melbourne | Full Time | Other
- [Sr. Staff Product Support (R6458)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/sr-staff-product-support-r6458-10e80c64-357a-4761-8cea-b220d3ee1f81) -- Seattle, Washington | Full Time | Operations
- [Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Engineer - Ranger (R6391)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/sr-staff-engineer-gnc-r6391-aa149095-c154-47b1-9e22-ff91bb45dfe4) -- Seattle, Washington | Full Time | Other
- [Senior Systems Engineer (R6455)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/senior-systems-engineer-r6455-871049a8-c24a-4ed5-8214-0e56c91b40d3) -- Seattle, Washington | Full Time | Other
- [Senior Engineer, Reliability (R6440)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/senior-engineer-reliability-r6440-ced15f44-bec6-456a-850c-7269ac90d794) -- Seattle, Washington | Full Time | Other
- [Senior Engineer, Cybersecurity (R6438)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/senior-engineer-cybersecurity-r6438-2eaf030f-e574-4989-b85a-b43258df928b) -- Seattle, Washington | Full Time | Other

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