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Shield AI

Shield AI

500
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.

500
Open roles
2%
AI-related
10
Signals
25
Categories

Hiring by Category

Open Roles Over Time

AI Hiring Signal

9 of 500 roles (2%)

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

AI Role Types
General AI Eng7 (78%)
Computer Vision1 (11%)
LLM / GenAI1 (11%)

Product Engineering Signal

Engineering Role Types
General Software Eng196 (98%)
Embedded / Systems2 (1%)
Product Management1 (1%)

Hardware Signal

Hardware Role Types
Electrical Eng18 (78%)
General Hardware3 (13%)
Chip / Silicon Design1 (4%)
Firmware1 (4%)

Security Signal

Security Role Types
Cloud Security3 (38%)
General Security3 (38%)
Application Security1 (13%)
Corp InfoSec1 (13%)

Compliance Signal

Compliance Role Types
General Compliance10 (91%)
Risk & Audit1 (9%)

Salary Range by Category

AI / ML$191K – $288K(6 roles)
Public Sector$176K – $267K(11 roles)
Enterprise Sales$176K – $263K(6 roles)
Dev Platform$168K – $267K(12 roles)
Cloud Infra$166K – $264K(4 roles)
Product Eng$162K – $249K(178 roles)
Design & UX$154K – $248K(4 roles)
Compliance$136K – $213K(10 roles)
Operations$135K – $210K(28 roles)
Finance$133K – $209K(15 roles)
Data Infra$133K – $202K(5 roles)
Security$133K – $198K(7 roles)
Hardware$131K – $203K(23 roles)
Supply Chain$131K – $196K(24 roles)
International$127K – $220K(4 roles)
Other$121K – $186K(35 roles)
Marketing$119K – $176K(7 roles)
Customer Success$117K – $180K(3 roles)
IT & Support$76K – $114K(3 roles)
Infra Build$50K – $86K(8 roles)

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

Avg Days Open by Category

Hardware112 days(23 roles)
Public Sector84 days(30 roles)
Product Eng83 days(199 roles)
AI / ML82 days(9 roles)
International72 days(18 roles)
Supply Chain70 days(27 roles)
Design & UX69 days(4 roles)
Data Infra66 days(5 roles)
Operations62 days(31 roles)
Dev Platform61 days(14 roles)
Finance60 days(17 roles)
Compliance60 days(11 roles)
Other59 days(56 roles)
Enterprise Sales59 days(8 roles)
HR / Recruiting57 days(3 roles)
Infra Build52 days(8 roles)
Security51 days(8 roles)
IT & Support43 days(6 roles)
Customer Success42 days(3 roles)
Forward Deployed Eng35 days(3 roles)
Cloud Infra32 days(5 roles)
Marketing27 days(9 roles)

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

Hiring Signals (10)

Category Spike

Operations hiring spike (7d)

Shield AI posted 13 Operations roles in the past 7 days vs 1 in the prior period — a 13.0x increase. This could indicate a shift in hiring focus toward this function.

Sep 29, 2026
75% conf
Category Spike

Marketing hiring spike (7d)

Shield AI posted 7 Marketing roles in the past 7 days vs 1 in the prior period — a 7.0x increase. This could indicate a shift in hiring focus toward this function.

Sep 25, 2026
75% conf
Category Spike

Compliance hiring spike (7d)

Shield AI posted 6 Compliance roles in the past 7 days vs 1 in the prior period — a 6.0x increase. This could indicate a shift in hiring focus toward this function.

Sep 17, 2026
75% conf
Category Spike

Public Sector hiring spike (7d)

Shield AI posted 6 Public Sector roles in the past 7 days vs 2 in the prior period — a 3.0x increase. This could indicate a shift in hiring focus toward this function.

Sep 17, 2026
75% conf
Hiring Velocity

Developer Platform hiring accelerating (3-week trend)

Shield AI has posted an increasing number of Developer Platform roles for 3 consecutive weeks (2 → 3 → 5). This sustained acceleration may indicate a strategic investment in this area.

Sep 15, 2026
80% conf
Category Spike

Developer Platform hiring spike (7d)

Shield AI posted 5 Developer Platform roles in the past 7 days vs 2 in the prior period — a 2.5x increase. This could indicate a shift in hiring focus toward this function.

Sep 9, 2026
75% conf
Category Spike

Supply Chain hiring spike (7d)

Shield AI posted 8 Supply Chain roles in the past 7 days vs 1 in the prior period — a 8.0x increase. This could indicate a shift in hiring focus toward this function.

Sep 3, 2026
75% conf
Category Spike

Finance hiring spike (7d)

Shield AI posted 8 Finance roles in the past 7 days vs 2 in the prior period — a 4.0x increase. This could indicate a shift in hiring focus toward this function.

Aug 19, 2026
75% conf
Hiring Velocity

Finance hiring accelerating (3-week trend)

Shield AI has posted an increasing number of Finance roles for 3 consecutive weeks (2 → 5 → 8). This sustained acceleration may indicate a strategic investment in this area.

Aug 13, 2026
80% conf
Category Spike

Hardware hiring spike (7d)

Shield AI posted 5 Hardware roles in the past 7 days vs 2 in the prior period — a 2.5x increase. This could indicate a shift in hiring focus toward this function.

Aug 4, 2026
75% conf

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