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Shield AI

Shield AI

440
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.

440
Open roles
1%
AI-related
10
Signals
23
Categories

Hiring by Category

Open Roles Over Time

AI Hiring Signal

6 of 440 roles (1%)

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

AI Role Types
General AI Eng4 (67%)
Computer Vision1 (17%)
LLM / GenAI1 (17%)

Product Engineering Signal

Engineering Role Types
General Software Eng184 (96%)
Embedded / Systems5 (3%)
Product Management2 (1%)

Hardware Signal

Hardware Role Types
Electrical Eng19 (68%)
General Hardware8 (29%)
Chip / Silicon Design1 (4%)

Security Signal

Security Role Types
General Security4 (80%)
Corp InfoSec1 (20%)

Compliance Signal

Compliance Role Types
General Compliance12 (92%)
Risk & Audit1 (8%)

Salary Range by Category

Partnerships$237K – $350K(3 roles)
AI / ML$194K – $290K(5 roles)
Public Sector$189K – $284K(11 roles)
Enterprise Sales$172K – $257K(7 roles)
Product Eng$155K – $238K(173 roles)
Dev Platform$150K – $222K(6 roles)
Customer Success$137K – $210K(5 roles)
Finance$134K – $207K(15 roles)
Operations$133K – $206K(24 roles)
Compliance$132K – $202K(12 roles)
Data Infra$128K – $194K(3 roles)
Hardware$120K – $184K(28 roles)
Design & UX$120K – $180K(2 roles)
Supply Chain$118K – $177K(29 roles)
Security$110K – $166K(5 roles)
Other$99K – $148K(17 roles)
Infra Build$47K – $70K(3 roles)

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

Avg Days Open by Category

Dev Platform131 days(7 roles)
Hardware101 days(28 roles)
IT & Support96 days(2 roles)
Public Sector94 days(27 roles)
Supply Chain89 days(32 roles)
Product Eng86 days(191 roles)
Customer Success80 days(6 roles)
International78 days(14 roles)
Compliance77 days(13 roles)
Security77 days(5 roles)
AI / ML72 days(6 roles)
Operations71 days(28 roles)
Other70 days(31 roles)
Design & UX69 days(2 roles)
Data Infra58 days(3 roles)
Forward Deployed Eng54 days(2 roles)
Infra Build43 days(6 roles)
Partnerships37 days(4 roles)
Enterprise Sales28 days(9 roles)
HR / Recruiting26 days(5 roles)
Finance21 days(17 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

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
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.

Aug 13, 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
Category Spike

AI / Machine Learning hiring spike (7d)

Shield AI posted 5 AI / Machine Learning 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.

Jul 30, 2026
75% conf
Category Spike

Infrastructure Build hiring spike (7d)

Shield AI posted 5 Infrastructure Build 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.

Jul 30, 2026
75% conf
AI Hiring Surge

AI/ML hiring doubled this week

Shield AI posted 5 AI/ML roles in the past 7 days, up from 2 in the prior 7 days — a 2.5x increase. This may suggest an acceleration in AI product development or research capacity.

Jul 29, 2026
85% 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.

Jun 10, 2026
75% conf
Category Spike

Compliance hiring spike (7d)

Shield AI posted 5 Compliance 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.

May 28, 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

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