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Air Vehicle Lead, Chief Engineer

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and

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Company

Shield AI

Location

San Diego, California

Status

Open

Posted

2026-08-26T14:21:07.531+00:00

Shield AI is hiring an Air Vehicle Lead to act as chief engineer on a new autonomous aircraft program. The role owns the vehicle's technical integrity and leads multidisciplinary engineering from requirements and architecture through detailed design, build, ground test, flight test and production. Work spans aerodynamics, flight sciences, structures, mechanical systems, propulsion, avionics, electrical systems, flight controls, manufacturing and test. The posting calls for hands-on technical leadership, hard technical trades, risk management and simple, robust solutions delivered at speed. It is full-time and on-site in San Diego, California.