Job Description
Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With nine offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the 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.
The Chief Engineer for the Launch & Recovery Vehicle (LRV) leads the technical development, integration, and validation of a mobile launch and recovery system supporting a Group 5 unmanned aerial vehicle. This role acts as the technical authority and product owner, ensuring the LRV meets mission performance, reliability, and safety objectives through disciplined engineering, rigorous testing, and cross-functional integration. You will define what the vehicle must do, how it will do it, and prove that it can — while
managing risk and guiding the team through design, analysis, test, and field operations.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, or related field (Mechanical/Aerospace ideal).
- 10+ years leading multidisciplinary engineering teams delivering complex electro-mechanical or automation systems.
- Proven record of owning system performance from requirements through test and field validation
- Strong systems engineering discipline — requirements traceability, margins, and verification planning.
- Skilled in risk-based decision-making and tradeoffs across performance, cost, and schedule
- Broad technical fluency across mechanical, electrical, software, and controls domains.
- Experience managing product lifecycle: design, build, integration, and test.
- Comfortable leading technical reviews (PDR, CDR, TRR, FRR) and closing actions to standard.
- Effective at cross-functional coordination with manufacturing, test, and operations.
- Clear communicator — able to translate technical reality to executive and customer audiences.
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.
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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.
Requirements
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, or related field (Mechanical/Aerospace ideal).
- 10+ years leading multidisciplinary engineering teams delivering complex electro-mechanical or automation systems.
- Proven record of owning system performance from requirements through test and field validation
- Strong systems engineering discipline — requirements traceability, margins, and verification planning.
- Skilled in risk-based decision-making and tradeoffs across performance, cost, and schedule
- Broad technical fluency across mechanical, electrical, software, and controls domains.
- Experience managing product lifecycle: design, build, integration, and test.
- Comfortable leading technical reviews (PDR, CDR, TRR, FRR) and closing actions to standard.
- Effective at cross-functional coordination with manufacturing, test, and operations.
- Clear communicator — able to translate technical reality to executive and customer audiences.
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