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Shield AI

Shield AI

285
open roles
Unicorn·Founded 2015·📍 San Diego, CA·👥 500–1,000 employees

Shield AI develops AI pilots for military aircraft and autonomous defense systems. Its Hivemind software enables unmanned platforms to fly and operate without GPS or communications links in contested environments.

285
Open roles
6%
AI-related
2
Signals
19
Categories

Hiring by Category

Open Roles Over Time

AI Hiring Signal

17 of 285 roles (6%)

Roles classified as AI / ML or tagged as AI-related

AI Role Types
General AI Eng16 (94%)
Computer Vision1 (6%)

Product Engineering Signal

Engineering Role Types
General Software Eng73 (96%)
Product Management2 (3%)
Embedded / Systems1 (1%)

Hardware Signal

Hardware Role Types
Electrical Eng14 (67%)
General Hardware7 (33%)

Security Signal

Security Role Types
General Security5 (100%)

Compliance Signal

Compliance Role Types
General Compliance13 (100%)

Salary Range by Category

Design & UX$170K – $258K(3 roles)
Public Sector$158K – $237K(15 roles)
Enterprise Sales$140K – $210K(2 roles)
Dev Platform$137K – $205K(7 roles)
Cloud Infra$133K – $245K(2 roles)
Compliance$129K – $187K(13 roles)
Other$127K – $194K(61 roles)
Product Eng$127K – $192K(71 roles)
Marketing$126K – $206K(2 roles)
AI / ML$120K – $181K(13 roles)
Finance$118K – $178K(4 roles)
Customer Success$117K – $176K(4 roles)
Operations$114K – $179K(12 roles)
Hardware$101K – $155K(21 roles)
Security$87K – $130K(5 roles)
HR / Recruiting$65K – $100K(2 roles)

Average of posted salary ranges · only categories with 2+ roles shown

Avg Days Open by Category

Cloud Infra50 days(2 roles)
Hardware45 days(21 roles)
AI / ML44 days(17 roles)
Public Sector43 days(24 roles)
Other42 days(72 roles)
Operations39 days(14 roles)
Dev Platform38 days(8 roles)
IT & Support38 days(3 roles)
Product Eng35 days(76 roles)
Finance34 days(6 roles)
Compliance34 days(13 roles)
Customer Success33 days(4 roles)
Enterprise Sales32 days(3 roles)
International27 days(7 roles)
Design & UX26 days(3 roles)
HR / Recruiting17 days(4 roles)
Marketing10 days(2 roles)
Security6 days(5 roles)

Avg days a role has been open · uses posted date when available, otherwise first seen date · categories with 2+ roles

Hiring Signals (2)

Category Spike

Operations hiring spike (7d)

Shield AI posted 5 Operations roles in the past 7 days vs 1 in the prior period — a 5.0x increase. This could indicate a shift in hiring focus toward this function.

Apr 15, 2026
75% conf
Category Spike

Product Engineering hiring spike (7d)

Shield AI posted 10 Product Engineering roles in the past 7 days vs 3 in the prior period — a 3.3x increase. This could indicate a shift in hiring focus toward this function.

Apr 13, 2026
75% conf

Recently Posted285 total

Staff Tax Accountant (R4989)
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Senior Staff BD Account Executive - Autonomy Specialist (R5001)
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Information Systems Security Officer (R4900)
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Director of Indirect Procurement (R4993)
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1d ago
Senior Software Engineer, C++ Software Integration (R4021)
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4d ago
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Senior Facility Security Officer
Dallas, TexasSecuritySenior$80K–$120K
5d ago
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Engineer I, Electromechanical (R4951)
United StatesV-BAT Engineering - Mechanical$76K–$110K
5d ago
Product EngApply →
Senior Facility Security Officer (R4917)
Washington, DCSecuritySenior$80K–$120K
5d ago
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Technical Product Manager (R4779)
Dallas, TexasX-BAT Program ManagementManager$160K–$240K
5d ago
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Staff Px Business Partner, GTM (R4868)
Washington, DCPeople ExperienceSenior$113K–$170K
5d ago
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Staff Engineer, Software - Autonomous Aircraft Integration (R4983)
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Avionics Mechanical Engineering - Senior Engineering Manager (R4416)
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Senior Propulsion Design Engineer (R4642)
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