Staff Field Solutions Engineer
Shield AI is a U.S. defense-technology company developing mission-autonomy software and autonomous aircraft for military and allied operations.
Funding history
Investors
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.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will support technical sales, customer engagements, demonstrations, and capture activities. You will translate mission needs into feasible solutions, explain complex autonomy and simulation systems, support proposals and technical meetings, and provide customer insights to product and engineering stakeholders.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in solutions engineering, field applications engineering, systems engineering, technical sales, autonomy, robotics, simulation, defense software, or related customer-facing roles
- Technical understanding of autonomy, AI-enabled systems, mission software, simulation environments, or defense technology systems
- Experience supporting technical customer engagements, demonstrations, briefings, proposals, integration discussions, or technical interchange meetings
- Experience with defense simulation systems, live-virtual-constructive environments, synthetic training environments, synthetic data, image-generation systems, test and evaluation, or mission rehearsal
- Ability to translate mission needs into feasible solution concepts, requirements, demonstrations, and product feedback
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work cross-functionally
- Willingness and ability to travel
Benefits
- Bonus
- Equity