Forward Deployed Engineer, Operations & Sustainment (R5497)
Shield AI · San Diego, California
CHECKED 6H AGO
Defensehybrid$152k–$318k
At a glance
Highlights
- Deploy and sustain Hivemind autonomy in real-world operating environments.
- Install, configure and validate Hivemind products with customers in the field.
- Train customers and turn field lessons into runbooks and support artifacts.
Ideal candidate
Customer-facing engineer who thrives under field pressure and frequent travel. You enjoy troubleshooting in real operations and turning lessons into durable training and support artifacts.
Requirements
- Willing and able to travel at least 50% of the time, including frequent domestic and international trips
- Able to perform customer-site work, test events, training events and multi-week deployments
- Strong technical judgment with clear customer communication
- Comfort operating under field pressure
- Discipline to turn field lessons into runbooks, baselines, evidence packages and product feedback
Lab profile
About Shield AI
Venture-backed defense-tech company building intelligent autonomy systems to protect service members and civilians.
What they build
- Hivemind autonomy software
- V-BAT aircraft
- X-BAT aircraft
Known for
- AI autonomy
- Unmanned aircraft engineering
- Aerodynamics and aerostructures
- Simulation and synthetic reality
Key facts
- Venture-backed
- Offices across U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific