Shield AI
Staff Field Solutions Engineer (R6297)
$180K–$280K
San Diego, California +2 · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Location
- San Diego, California
Washington, D.C.
Dallas, Texas - Experience
- 7+ years.
About the job
Supports technical sales and customer engagements for Hivemind autonomy by translating mission needs into feasible solution concepts and explaining capabilities, limitations, and integration requirements.
What you'll do
- Support customer discovery, briefings, demonstrations, technical interchange meetings, and capture activities.
- Develop customer-specific solution concepts and technical materials, including proposal support, white papers, and demos.
- Coordinate with Business Development, Product, Engineering, Customer Engagement, and Program teams to convey requirements, risks, and field feedback.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of experience in a relevant technical customer-facing role, such as solutions engineering, systems engineering, technical sales, autonomy, robotics, defense software, or aerospace.
- Strong technical understanding of autonomy, AI-enabled systems, mission software, unmanned systems, robotics, or complex defense technology.
- Experience supporting customer-facing technical engagements, such as demos, briefings, proposal support, integration discussions, or workshops.
- Ability to translate customer mission needs into technically feasible solutions; communicate effectively; work cross-functionally; and travel for work.
Nice to have
- Prior experience in military, defense, aerospace, robotics, unmanned systems, or advanced technology domains; direct experience with U.S. Navy or U.S. Air Force customers is also valued.
- Experience with autonomous systems and hands-on work with Python, C++, Linux, APIs, SDKs, autonomy software, robotics middleware, or technical prototyping.
Pay
USD 180,000–280,000 per-year-salary (base salary)
Tools
Hivemind, Python, C++, Linux, APIs, SDKs
AI focus
Supports customer-facing sales and solution development for Hivemind autonomy, an AI-enabled system for unmanned platforms; explains its capabilities, limitations, integration requirements, and roadmap.
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