Shield AI

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube. We’re looking for a Senior Staff Technical Sourcer who lives and breathes talent discovery - someone who can take a complex, highly specialized engineering need and translate it into a precision sourcing strategy. You’ll be the go-to expert for talent intelligence, market mapping, proactive candidate generation, and pipeline cultivation across our aerospace, autonomy, AI, and advanced hardware organizations. This isn’t just a "find resumes" role - it’s about building intelligence, relationships, and repeatable systems that fuel our engineering hiring engine. As a Senior Staff Technical Sourcer, you'll serve as a strategic partner to recruiters and hiring leaders while leveraging modern AI tools, market intelligence, and scalable sourcing practices to help us identify and hire world-class engineering talent. WHAT YOU’LL DO: - Own the top of funnel: Partner closely with recruiters and hiring leaders to define target profiles and build deep, data-informed sourcing strategies across Electrical, Mechanical, Software, Embedded, AI/ML, Systems, Manufacturing, and other engineering disciplines. - Map the market: Develop comprehensive talent landscapes by company, skillset, geography, and organizational structure; identify hidden talent pools, competitor insights, and emerging talent trends to inform recruiting strategy and workforce planning. - Generate and engage: Use advanced Boolean search techniques, sourcing platforms, and creative sourcing channels (LinkedIn Recruiter, SeekOut, HireEZ, ClearanceJobs, GitHub, engineering communities, niche aerospace networks, conferences, referrals, and more) to identify, engage, and attract exceptional technical talent. - Build pipelines proactively: Cultivate long-term relationships with passive, cleared, and highly specialized engineering talent to enable just-in-time hiring across strategic programs. - Leverage AI to scale sourcing: Design, build, and continuously improve AI-powered sourcing workflows, research agents, and practical automations that increase recruiter productivity, accelerate candidate discovery, enhance market intelligence, and improve operational efficiency. - Build repeatable sourcing systems: Use AI tools and workflow automation to create structured market maps, talent intelligence reports, outreach content, sourcing documentation, and scalable recruiting processes that can be leveraged across the Talent Acquisition organization. - Be the sourcing SME: Serve as the subject matter expert on technical sourcing by coaching recruiters and hiring managers on market insights, sourcing strategy, talent availability, competitive intelligence, candidate engagement best practices, and emerging recruiting technologies. - Partner for impact: Collaborate cross-functionally with Talent Acquisition Operations, Employer Brand, University Recruiting, and Engineering leaders to optimize recruiting strategies, outbound messaging, candidate experience, and operational excellence. - Track and iterate: Use recruiting analytics, experimentation, and storytelling to measure sourcing effectiveness, optimize outreach strategies, improve conversion rates, and continuously evolve sourcing practices. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: - 8+ years of technical sourcing experience, ideally in aerospace, defense, autonomy, or other complex hardware/software industries. - Proven track record in market mapping, competitive intelligence, and candidate generation for highly specialized technical roles. - Deep expertise in advanced Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, HireEZ, SeekOut, ClearanceJobs, GitHub, and other modern sourcing platforms. - Demonstrated ability to operate as a consultative partner to recruiters, hiring managers, and senior engineering leaders, influencing hiring strategy through market insights and talent intelligence. - Hands-on experience building or leveraging AI-powered sourcing workflows, agentic AI tools, workflow automations, or practical AI solutions that improve recruiting or business processes. - Direct experience using AI development environments or coding assistants (such as Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini, or similar tools) to create repeatable sourcing workflows, structured research outputs, market intelligence, process automation, or operational documentation. - Experience building and maintaining long-term relationships with passive, cleared, or niche engineering talent. - Excellent communication and storytelling skills with the ability to engage highly technical candidates and influence stakeholders. - Strong judgment, curiosity, and a continuous improvement mindset with the ability to evaluate and adopt emerging AI technologies to improve recruiting outcomes. - Highly organized, data-driven, and able to operate autonomously in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: - Prior experience supporting aerospace, robotics, autonomy, AI/ML, or advanced vehicle engineering organizations. - Experience navigating export control, ITAR, EAR, or security-cleared recruiting environments. - Familiarity with Ashby and recruiting analytics, CRM, or talent intelligence platforms. - Experience supporting high-growth, venture-backed technology organizations. - Demonstrated passion for staying ahead of emerging recruiting technologies, sourcing methodologies, and AI advancements. Full-time regular employee offer package: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity Temporary employee offer package: Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment) Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information. ### Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube. Job Description:We are seeking a highly technical Atlassian Administrator (Cloud) with deep expertise in API integrations and automation to manage and enhance our Atlassian ecosystem. This role focuses on extending Jira and Confluence capabilities through REST APIs, custom automation, marketplace applications, and enterprise system integrations. The ideal candidate combines strong platform administration experience with hands-on technical expertise in systems integration and advanced reporting.This position may be based in San Diego, CA; Dallas, TX; or Washington, D.C. What you'll do: - Administer and support Atlassian Cloud products (Jira Software, Jira Service Management, and Confluence). - Design, configure, and optimize workflows, schemes, automation rules, and governance controls. - Develop and maintain REST API integrations, webhooks, and automation solutions. - Build and manage integrations with enterprise systems (e.g., DevOps toolchains, CI/CD platforms, identity providers, and collaboration tools). - Configure, manage, and support marketplace applications. - Administer Atlassian Access (SSO, SCIM provisioning, and security policies). - Design advanced dashboards, complex JQL queries, and executive-level reporting solutions. - Implement and maintain data synchronization strategies between Atlassian and external systems. - Perform system audits, health checks, and performance monitoring. - Develop technical documentation, standards, and integration guidelines. - Support cloud migrations and post-migration optimization initiatives. Required qualifications: - 3+ years of Atlassian administration experience. - Strong hands-on experience with Atlassian Cloud environments. - Proven experience with Atlassian REST APIs, webhooks and automation frameworks, ScriptRunner (or similar automation tools), and integration with DevOps toolchains.Advanced knowledge of Jira workflows, schemes, permissions, and configurations. - Experience administering Atlassian Access (SSO, SCIM, and security controls). - Advanced JQL expertise and dashboard/report development. - Working knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies. - Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills. Preferred qualifications: - Experience writing scripts (Python, Groovy, or similar). - Experience managing enterprise-scale environments (1,000+ users). - Familiarity with ITIL, governance, and compliance frameworks. - Experience with advanced reporting and analytics tools such as: - Power BI integrations - Tableau integrations - Experience integrating Atlassian products with Microsoft Azure services (Azure DevOps, Entra ID, and CI/CD pipelines). #LC Full-time regular employee offer package: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity Temporary employee offer package: Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment) Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information. ### Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube. Job Description:As a Systems Integration Engineer, you will independently own the design, installation, and integration of aircraft systems and components while supporting the development of complete subsystem installations. You will collaborate across engineering disciplines to deliver manufacturable, maintainable, and reliable aircraft hardware. The ideal candidate has demonstrated experience designing aircraft hardware and installation solutions and enjoys solving multidisciplinary integration challenges involving structures, avionics, propulsion, manufacturing, and production. What you'll do: - Independently design machined, fabricated, composite, and sheet metal components for aircraft applications. - Develop aircraft installation layouts that optimize packaging, accessibility, serviceability, manufacturability, and weight. - Design routing paths for EWIS, hydraulic, fuel, pneumatic, and ECS systems while coordinating interfaces with adjacent aircraft structures and subsystems. - Develop detailed engineering drawings, installation drawings, and assembly documentation in accordance with company drafting standards. - Maintain CAD assemblies, product structures, BOMs, and engineering releases within PLM systems. - Apply GD&T and tolerance stack-up analyses to ensure manufacturable and interchangeable designs. - Support prototype aircraft builds, production integration, and manufacturing issue resolution. - Investigate installation and integration issues through structured root cause analysis and implement corrective actions. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate avionics and other system components seamlessly within the aircraft - Perform engineering calculations to support design decisions and evaluate structural adequacy. Required qualifications: - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline. - 3+ years of professional experience designing and integrating mechanical systems for aircraft, aerospace, defense, robotics, automotive, or other complex electromechanical products. - Demonstrated experience designing machined, fabricated, composite, and sheet metal components from concept through production release. - Proficiency developing complex 3D CAD models, large assemblies, installation layouts, and detailed engineering drawings using NX, SolidWorks, CATIA, Creo, or equivalent CAD software. - Experience managing engineering data, product structures, Bills of Material (BOMs), and drawing releases using PLM systems such as Teamcenter, Windchill, or 3DEXPERIENCE. - Working knowledge of aircraft installation practices, subsystem packaging, interface management, equipment mounting, and maintainability considerations. - Experience developing installation layouts and routing solutions for EWIS, hydraulic, fuel, pneumatic, ECS, or similar mechanical systems. - Working knowledge of GD&T in accordance with ASME Y14.5 and experience performing tolerance stack-up analyses. - Experience supporting prototype builds, manufacturing, aircraft assembly, installation, and production issue resolution. - Ability to investigate integration issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement effective corrective actions. - Experience collaborating with Manufacturing, Systems Engineering, Stress, Avionics, Supply Chain, Quality, and Test Engineering organizations throughout the product development lifecycle. - Strong organizational, communication, and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously. - Ability to obtain a S//SAR level security clearance desired. Preferred qualifications: - Experience integrating aircraft subsystems on unmanned aircrafts, fixed wing, eVTOL, or other aerospace platforms. - Experience leading mechanical work packages or owning subsystem-level hardware from concept through production. - Experience performing structural hand calculations, free-body diagrams, load path evaluations, or preliminary stress analyses to support mechanical design decisions. - Experience performing finite element analysis (FEA), including static, modal, vibration, fatigue, or thermal analyses. - Hands-on experience supporting build, production, testing, or hardware validation activities. - Familiarity with aircraft configuration management, engineering change processes, and formal product release workflows. - Experience coordinating engineering activities with suppliers, manufacturing partners, or external engineering organizations. - Familiarity with FAA, DoD, MIL-STD, or commercial aerospace design standards. - Experience mentoring interns or early-career engineers and reviewing engineering documentation for technical accuracy. #LI-AD6 #LB Full-time regular employee offer package: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity Temporary employee offer package: Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment) Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information. ### Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube. Job Description:Shield AI is seeking a Customer Success Manager in Greece to serve as the primary customer-facing lead for aircraft product and service integration, operational support coordination, and long-term customer success. This role will be the customer’s first touchpoint for support needs, technical issue coordination, feedback intake, service execution, and cross-functional follow-through across Shield AI aircraft product lines. The Customer Success Manager will work closely with customers, Program Management, Product Management, Engineering, Flight Operations, Product Delivery, Sustainment, Logistics, Business Development, and Fleet Support to ensure customers are supported, issues are resolved with urgency, and Shield AI products are positioned to deliver sustained mission impact. This role requires strong customer judgment, operational discipline, technical fluency, and the ability to coordinate across functions without direct authority. The ideal candidate has experience supporting military, government, international, aviation, UAS, or mission-critical technology customers and can operate effectively in field, operational, headquarters, and cross-cultural environments. What you'll do: - Serve as the primary on-site customer success and support lead for Shield AI aircraft products and services in Greece. - Own intake, triage, coordination, and follow-through for customer feedback, service needs, technical issues, operational support requests, and recurring customer concerns. - Coordinate cross-functional support workflows across Product Support, Sustainment, Engineering, Flight Operations, Product Delivery, Program Management, Logistics, Business Development, and Customer Success. - Build trusted customer relationships by maintaining clear communication, setting expectations, following through on commitments, and escalating issues with urgency. - Advocate for the customer within the Aircraft Division, ensuring field feedback, operational needs, and mission requirements inform product, support, sustainment, and service priorities. - Support integration of Shield AI aircraft products and services into customer fleets, operating models, training environments, maintenance processes, and mission workflows. - Track customer health indicators, including issue resolution time, support responsiveness, operational readiness, adoption, satisfaction, recurring concerns, and support trends. - Identify blockers, risks, and gaps that could affect customer readiness, mission success, product adoption, or long-term sustainment. - Assist with sustainment program development to ensure customer support models, logistics flows, spares planning, training needs, and service processes meet operational requirements. - Facilitate shipping, logistics, field support, maintenance coordination, and service execution for customer sites. - Provide customer-specific insights, operational context, atmospherics, and engagement updates to Account Executives, Program Managers, Business Development, Product, and Sustainment teams. - Support customer reviews, operational updates, lessons learned, readiness discussions, issue reviews, and recurring engagement rhythms. - Ensure customer issues are documented, prioritized, communicated, and driven to closure through the appropriate support, engineering, sustainment, or program channels. - Help customers move from initial product integration to sustained operational use, repeatable support processes, and long-term mission success. - Represent Shield AI professionally in customer-facing, international, operational, and high-pressure environments. Required qualifications: - 5+ years of experience in customer success, customer service, technical support, field support, aviation operations, defense technology, operations, product support, or related mission-critical environments. - Experience supporting technology integration efforts at the fleet, service, operational unit, or enterprise level. - Experience working directly with military, government, defense, aviation, or mission-critical technology customers. - Experience supporting international customers or operating in multilingual, cross-cultural, or geographically distributed environments. - Strong customer-facing communication skills, with the ability to build trust, manage expectations, communicate clearly, and remain composed in high-pressure situations. - Strong cross-functional coordination skills across technical, operational, programmatic, logistics, sustainment, and customer-facing teams. - Ability to coordinate issue resolution across multiple stakeholders without direct authority. - Ability to translate customer needs, field feedback, and operational issues into clear actions, priorities, risks, and escalation paths. - Ability to operate effectively in customer-site, field, headquarters, and remote coordination environments. - Strong ownership, follow-through, judgment, professionalism, and discretion in customer-facing situations. - Ability to manage ambiguity, changing priorities, operational urgency, and customer-sensitive issues with discipline and maturity. Preferred qualifications: - Experience working with commercial, government, military, or defense organizations in Greece. - Modern Greek and English language skills; additional relevant foreign language skills preferred. - Experience with Group 3–5 UAS products, aircraft operations, aviation sustainment, aircraft integration, defense technology, or fielded autonomous systems. - Experience supporting deployed operations, field service, customer training, operational readiness, product integration, or sustainment activities. - Familiarity with ITAR, export compliance, export-controlled technical data, or controlled technology considerations in customer interactions. - Familiarity with customer success, CRM, issue tracking, logistics, sustainment, reporting, or support management tools. - Experience working with program management, business development, engineering, logistics, and sustainment teams in support of international defense customers. #LC Our international teammates receive a comprehensive total rewards package aligned to your country office location. For full details on compensation and benefits, please consult your talent acquisition partner.

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex technical programs and projects — spanning software development, platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, data and analytics, and system integrations — from initiation through to production release and stabilization • Act as the connective tissue across cross-functional teams including Engineering, Product, Design, Data, DevOps, Security, and Business Operations — aligning priorities, resolving blockers, and maintaining delivery momentum • Design, implement, and continuously improve project delivery processes and workflows tailored to the organization’s technical context — including intake and scoping, sprint ceremonies, release coordination, dependency tracking, and post-delivery retrospectives • Develop and own project delivery artefacts: project charters, detailed plans and schedules, RACI matrices, risk registers, status dashboards, and decision logs; always keep them current and decision-relevant • Establish and manage governance structures including steering committees, technical review checkpoints, change control processes, and escalation paths appropriate to the complexity and risk profile of each initiative • Partner with Engineering and Product leadership to align technical roadmaps with business priorities; facilitate trade-off conversations around scope, capacity, technical debt, and delivery sequencing • Proactively surface and manage risks, issues, and dependencies across workstreams; develop mitigation strategies and drive resolution with clarity, urgency, and accountability • Own project financials — track budgets, actuals, and forecasts; report variances to leadership with context and corrective actions • Facilitate requirements clarification, technical scoping, and estimation sessions in partnership with engineering leads, architects, and product managers; translate business needs into well-defined delivery scope • Drive and coordinate cross-team release planning, sprint reviews, and PI planning ceremonies in agile and scaled agile environments; ensure dependencies between squads are visible and managed • Define and embed delivery metrics and reporting frameworks — velocity, cycle time, delivery predictability, risk exposure — to give leadership clear, real-time visibility across the portfolio • Lead change management and communication planning for technically complex initiatives; ensure impacted teams and stakeholders are informed, prepared, and aligned throughout delivery • Develop and maintain process documentation, delivery playbooks, workflow standards, and tooling guidance; institutionalize best practices so delivery quality scales beyond individual programmes • Prepare and present concise, well-structured executive status updates, programme reviews, and decision packages for senior technical and business leadership

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube. About Shield AI: Shield AI is a venture-backed defence technology company building the world’s best AI pilot and next-generation autonomous aircraft. Founded in 2015, Shield AI’s mission is to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. With a recent valuation of approximately $12.7B, Shield AI develops autonomy software, unmanned aircraft systems, and AI-enabled ISR capabilities that actively support defence and security operations worldwide. Shield AI works side-by-side with military and government customers to solve complex operational challenges in some of the world’s most demanding environments. The company’s products, including V-BAT, X-BAT, Hivemind autonomy software, and advanced mission systems are designed to deliver operational advantage while reducing risk to human operators. Shield AI believes the greatest victory requires no war. Job Description: The Head of Business Development, Middle East serves as Shield AI’s senior District leader, responsible for driving integrated District strategy, sales growth, and program sales execution across multiple priority markets (excluding Saudi Arabia). This role ensures successful and compliant execution of active deal programs, aligns cross-functional teams across countries, and serves as the primary interface with senior government, military, and industry stakeholders at both national and District levels. This position holds accountability for District pipeline growth and development, order intake, and long-term market expansion while driving alignment and execution across Country Business Development Leads throughout the District. As such, this person will retain a sales quota for their district comprised of territory manager quotas within that district as well as their own individual quota. Through strategic oversight and coordinated execution across markets, the Head of Business Development strengthens customer trust, scales operational impact, and accelerates the sustained growth of Shield AI’s District presence. Additionally, this person will carry a sales quota for their assigned district. What you'll do: - Serve as Shield AI’s senior District representative across the Middle East, engaging senior military, government, and industry stakeholders while ensuring operational and regulatory compliance across activities in the district. - Develop and execute a unified District strategy aligned with priorities in Middle East integrating country-level efforts into coordinated campaigns across CENTCOM, the GCC (excluding Saudi Arabia), and bilateral frameworks. - Own district quota and sales performance, including pipeline development, forecast accuracy, order intake, and opportunity execution from shaping through close. - Provide strategic direction and coordination for Country Business Development Leads across the District, setting priorities, driving execution discipline, and aligning stakeholder engagement and market strategy. - District business growth across Shield AI’s product portfolio, including V-BAT, X-BAT, ViDAR and Hivemind, ensuring alignment with product and regional leadership priorities. - Oversee cross-functional coordination across Business Development, Government Relations, Program Management, Legal, Contracts, PX, Marketing and Customer Operations to support successful capture, execution, and customer outcomes. - Ensure successful execution of active district opportunities, maintaining accountability for performance, timelines, customer satisfaction, and long-term strategic growth. - Build and maintain a disciplined, data-driven district pipeline and stakeholder engagement strategy to support sustained growth and follow-on business opportunities. - Develop and manage district partnerships, resellers, and strategic industry relationships to expand market access and accelerate operational execution. - Identify and mitigate political, procurement, operational, and strategic risks across the district while providing executive visibility into performance, risks, and growth outlook. Required qualifications: - Typically requires 10+ years of experience in defence, military operations, business development, capture management, or international government relations. - Deep technical and operational understanding of Shield AI systems and technologies, including V-BAT, Hivemind, and X-BAT, with knowledge of operational employment concepts, payload integration, training, sustainment, and deployed operations. - Proven experience operating across multiple international markets within defence, aerospace, or national security environments, including navigating complex government procurement and stakeholder ecosystems. - Demonstrated ability to lead distributed, cross-functional teams and align senior stakeholders across multiple countries, cultures, and operational environments. - Strong executive presence with experience engaging senior military leadership, Ministries of Defence, U.S. Embassies/ODCs, CENTCOM/GCC stakeholders, and strategic industry partners in high-visibility environments. - Proven track record of driving pipeline development, capture strategy, and successful closure of complex, high-value defence opportunities. - Arabic and English language proficiency relevant to the assigned district. - Bachelor degree or relevant military education preferred. Preferred qualifications: - Prior district leadership experience across allied defence markets, including CENTCOM, Middle East, GCC, and/or other international government environments. - Existing relationships with CENTCOM/GCC, Ministries of Defence, senior military leadership, defence procurement organizations, and strategic industry stakeholders. - Experience leading international defence captures, Foreign Military Sales (FMS), or multinational procurement programs. - Operational understanding of ISR, autonomy, unmanned systems, AI-enabled capabilities, and modern defence technology employment concepts. - Experience managing district consultants, resellers, strategic partnerships, or industrial participation/offset initiatives. - Familiarity with CENTCOM/GCC operational frameworks, allied capability development, and district defence modernization priorities. - Demonstrated success operating in high-growth, fast-paced, and internationally distributed environments. - Ability to attain or existing relevant national security clearance. - Master’s degree in a relevant field. Why join Shield AI: - Help build the defining defence technology company of this century. - Work at the forefront of AI, autonomy, and next-generation defence systems. - Operate in a highly entrepreneurial and mission-driven environment. - Make a direct impact on international growth and strategic defence partnerships. - Collaborate with exceptional teams solving some of the world’s most complex operational challenges. #LI-LD2 #LF Our international teammates receive a comprehensive total rewards package aligned to your country office location. For full details on compensation and benefits, please consult your talent acquisition partner.

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube. Job Description:At Shield AI, we’re redefining the battlespace with autonomy-enabled airpower. As part of our global expansion, we’re looking for a bold and visionary Director – CCAs, Middle East to lead strategic sales, customer engagement, and capture efforts for our Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) initiatives across the region. This is a high-impact role at the cutting edge of aerospace and defense innovation. You’ll be on the front lines, driving adoption and revenue for Shield AI’s CCA technologies by engaging directly with top-tier defense stakeholders—military customers, industry primes, and government decision-makers. Your mission: position Shield AI as the go-to partner for next-generation air combat solutions in the Middle East.   You’ll bring a rare mix of defense sales expertise, technical credibility, and a deep understanding of air domain CONOPS and acquisition frameworks. From identifying new opportunities to closing complex deals and launching early-stage programs, you’ll own the entire business development lifecycle. What you'll do: - Drive Strategic Capture: Identify, shape, and capture high-value opportunities across Middle Eastern next-gen airpower programs relevant to CCAs and autonomy. - Drive Regional Sales Pipeline: Lead the full business development lifecycle for CCA-focused efforts, from customer engagement through proposal, negotiation, and contract award. - Engage Key Stakeholders: Build and maintain trusted relationships with Ministries of Defence, defense primes, integrators, and key partners. - Shape Requirements & CONOPS: Influence customer requirements and future CCA CONOPS to align with Shield AI’s product offerings. - Support Demonstrations & Campaigns: Lead Shield AI’s positioning and participation in regional flight demos, technical trials, and program pilots. - Coordinate Cross-Functionally: Collaborate closely with engineering, product, legal, and program teams to align technical solutions with customer needs and delivery requirements. - Inform Product Direction: Provide field intelligence to guide feature development, integration strategy, and roadmap priorities for Hivemind-enabled CCA solutions. Required qualifications: - 15+ years in a relevant air force occupation, bringing significant depth of understanding of relevant CONOPs and platform applications (preference for real-world operational experience flying tactical fighter aircraft with a strong technical background). - 3–5+ years of experience in defense acquisition, business development, sales, or strategy, ideally with a focus on air platforms or autonomy. - 5+ years of experience in region either operationally or from a defense business perspective - Strong track record of capturing and closing defense programs or tech insertions with relevant ministries of Defense or multinational frameworks. - Understanding of next-gen air combat trends, including CCAs, MUM-T, and AI-enabled CONOPS. - Ability to credibly represent technically complex products to both strategic and operational-level audiences. - Familiarity with key regional acquisition pathways. - Willingness to live in regional (preferably Abu Dhabi) and to travel extensively across the Middle East (30–50%). #LI-LD2 #LF Our international teammates receive a comprehensive total rewards package aligned to your country office location. For full details on compensation and benefits, please consult your talent acquisition partner.

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube. Job Description:We are seeking a skilled Systems Engineer to join the Hivemind Solutions Systems Engineering team. In this role, the candidate will support the design, development, integration, and validation of complex systems leveraging the Hivemind autonomy software. This role requires a strong foundation in systems thinking, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to translate stakeholder needs into robust technical solutions. What you'll do: - Define, analyze, and manage system requirements, ensuring traceability and alignment with mission objectives - Develop system architectures and perform trade studies to balance performance, cost, and risk - Coordinate and manage interfaces across hardware, software, and external systems - Support system integration, verification, and validation activities, including test planning and execution - Identify technical risks and develop mitigation strategies throughout the system lifecycle Required qualifications: - A minimum of 5 years of systems engineering or related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 4 years and a Master’s Degree; or 2 years with a PhD; or equivalent work experience - B.S. degree in a STEM discipline (e.g. Software, Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Systems Engineering) - Experience with Systems Engineering practices and principals, including writing, organizing, and verifying requirements - Experience with MBSE and related efforts - Experience working in cross-functional teams - Excellent communication skills, both written and verbally - Organized and methodical - Software engineer experience in C++ and/or Python - Experience in reading, interpreting, and applying engineering drawings, including assembly drawings, parts lists, wiring diagrams, and schematics - Demonstrated record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, holding yourself and others to high standards, and being kind to others - The ability to obtain and maintain a US Security Clearance. US Citizenship is required as only US citizens are eligible for a security clearance Preferred qualifications: - Expertise with MBSE, inclusive of use of Cameo API and Velocity Template Language (VTL) - Expertise with Requirement & Design decomposition - Experience in any/all of the following: Autonomy, Aircraft, Unmanned Vehicles #LI-DM2 #LC Full-time regular employee offer package: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity Temporary employee offer package: Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment) Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information. ### Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube. Job Description:Shield AI is seeking a Senior Manager, Treasury to join our Finance team. As Shield AI continues its global expansion, this role offers the opportunity to build the corporate treasury function within a high-growth, mission-driven technology company. Reporting to the Controller, this high-impact position will build and scale the company’s treasury capabilities, driving disciplined global cash management, liquidity planning, foreign exchange (FX) risk mitigation, and oversight of banking relationships. What you'll do: - Oversee global treasury operations, including daily cash positioning, liquidity management, and banking relationship management. - Build and maintain cash flow and free cash flow forecasts to support liquidity planning and executive decision-making. - Develop and execute cash management strategies to optimize working capital and minimize idle cash balances. - Establish and enhance treasury policies, controls, and governance frameworks to mitigate financial and operational risk. - Monitor foreign exchange (FX) exposures and support the development of hedging strategies. - Ensure compliance with debt covenants and reporting requirements under credit facilities and loan agreements. - Negotiate banking terms, credit facilities, and fee structures to optimize cost efficiency and service levels. - Lead intercompany funding activities and oversee treasury transactions across global entities. - Partner cross-functionally with FP&A, Accounting, Legal, Tax, and other stakeholders to align treasury strategy with broader corporate objectives. Required qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; CTP or MBA preferred - 8+ years of experience in treasury, corporate finance, FP&A, investment banking, or another analytical role - Experience in managing banking structure and bank accounts globally, maintaining and tracking bank register and other ad-hoc regulatory requirements - Strong financial modeling and data analysis skills, with the desire to expand into advanced treasury concepts - A proactive, detail-oriented problem solver with strong business judgment - Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate across teams - Eagerness to learn, take ownership, and grow within a high-growth, evolving environment #LI-TF1 #LE Full-time regular employee offer package: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity Temporary employee offer package: Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment) Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information. ### Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube. Job Description:Shield AI is building autonomous aircraft that redefine aviation. The Software Integration & Operations (SIO) team builds the pipelines, tools, and systems that make fast, reliable delivery of complex aircraft software possible. As a DevOps Build Engineer, you will own and maintain the build system for our autonomous aircraft (XBAT/VBAT). This role is primarily focused on Developer Experience (DevEx) and bringing DevOps best practices to our software engineers to accelerate their development cycles. What you'll do: - Be the expert on our native (C++) software build process. - Improve developer velocity by reducing build/test cycle time and eliminating pipeline bottlenecks.  - Collaborate with Software Engineers to understand their requirements, propose designs, and implement identified solutions. - Partner with developers to resolve build/test failures quickly and set best practices for integration.  - Integrate CI pipelines with HIL and simulation environments for automated validation.  - Implement monitoring, dashboards, and alerts related to build system performance for both local development and CI workflows. - Use agentic solutions to aid in quickly identifying root cause around build failures and getting the appropriate feedback to a Software Engineer. Required qualifications: - BS in CS, CE, EE, or related field with 7+ years industry experience (or MS/PhD with 5+ years).  - Deep CMake/C++ expertise or equivalent. - Strong understanding of dependency management and proficiency with either Conan or CPM. - Proficiency with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, cloud build clusters).  - Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash).  - Hands-on experience integrating automated testing into CI pipelines.  - Demonstrated success improving developer productivity at scale.  - Demonstrated track record of excellence as a primary contributor on projects - showcasing the ability to navigate through development cycles, overcome obstacles, and deliver high-quality solutions in a fast-paced environment    - Proficiency with CICD tools (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Gitlab).  - Cloud Operations experience (Azure, AWS, GCP). - Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible) and monitoring (Grafana, Prometheus).  - Background in robotics, autonomy, or aerospace systems. #LI-SM1 #LD Full-time regular employee offer package: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity Temporary employee offer package: Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment) Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information. ### Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.