Senior Director of Hivemind Operations and Sustainment
Shield AI is a U.S. defense-technology company developing mission-autonomy software and autonomous aircraft for military and allied operations.
Funding history
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About Shield AI
Founded in 2015, Shield AI builds Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft for operations in contested, GPS- and communications-denied environments. Its current site also presents Aechelon synthetic-reality simulation and Vision Systems detection and tracking products.
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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You will establish and lead the operational systems supporting product deployment, customer training, sustaining engineering, technical support, and test activities. You will create scalable processes, guide cross-functional teams through customer issues, and turn operational feedback into product improvements.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
- 15 years of experience leading software operations, sustaining engineering, technical support, or product lifecycle organizations
- Experience with government, defense, or mission-critical software systems
- Experience supporting sustainment or integrated logistics support organizations for integrated hardware and software products
- Experience building operational organizations supporting product and customer delivery teams
- Systems engineering experience establishing scalable operational processes
- Experience leading cross-functional technical teams through complex customer issues and product improvements
- Communication and stakeholder-management skills
- Experience in AI or machine-learning platforms or autonomous systems
- Experience with SDKs, APIs, or developer platforms
- Experience supporting commercial software products and customized customer solutions
- Familiarity with technical training development, knowledge management, and documentation systems
Responsibilities
- Establish operating practices, tools, and workflows for Operations and Sustainment functions
- Lead product installation, integration, and operational deployment within customer environments
- Develop repeatable deployment methodologies and best practices
- Own customer education and operational knowledge-management strategy
- Maintain training curricula, technical publications, guides, troubleshooting documentation, and manuals
- Create technical playbooks for field and support personnel
- Lead sustaining engineering for products in customer environments
- Track customer configurations and upgrades
- Drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions for technical issues
- Lead validation and verification for customer-critical repairs, fixes, and updates
- Own the technical support engineering organization and triage processes
- Define service-level objectives and customer-support metrics
- Establish systems engineering processes, governance, quality standards, and dashboards
- Lead continuous-improvement initiatives
- Serve as the operational interface across engineering, program management, customer success, and support functions
Benefits
- Bonus
- Equity