Senior Engineer AI Engineering

Shield AI is a U.S. defense-technology company developing mission-autonomy software and autonomous aircraft for military and allied operations.

San Diego, United States
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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Skills

Candidate Availability

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About the Role

You will build AI-powered learning tools, technical training content, and hands-on workshops. You will integrate LLMs and generative AI into production systems, automate learning-material improvements, evaluate AI quality, and turn complex product concepts into practical learning solutions.

Requirements

  • Experience building production software, AI-enabled products, developer tools, technical learning platforms, or comparable systems
  • Experience integrating large language models, generative AI APIs, retrieval-augmented generation, agents, prompt workflows, or AI-assisted automation into production or enterprise environments
  • Software engineering experience with API design, testing, observability, documentation, secure coding, maintainable architecture, and operational ownership
  • Professional Python proficiency
  • Ability to read, debug, and create examples in modern C++
  • Experience creating technical documentation, hands-on labs, workshops, developer education, or enablement materials
  • Experience evaluating AI systems using automated tests, human review, telemetry, or task-based performance measures
  • Experience with autonomy, robotics, aerospace, defense, simulation, distributed systems, or safety-critical software
  • Experience with developer education, instructional design, learning science, intelligent tutoring systems, or assessment design
  • Familiarity with AI evaluation and observability, prompt and agent testing, vector databases, enterprise search, model gateways, and deployment in restricted or disconnected environments

Responsibilities

  • Develop an AI-powered training coach for Hivemind concepts, products, and development workflows
  • Create technical training materials and hands-on workshops
  • Build prompt-based tooling that generates workshops and learning content
  • Create LLM-based tooling to improve training and educational materials
  • Build AI systems that automate Learning and Development workflows

Benefits

  • Bonus
  • Equity
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