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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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