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Head of Product Design (R5776)

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

Company

Shield AI

Location

San Diego, California

Status

Open

Posted

2026-09-26T20:01:43.794+00:00

Shield AI is hiring a Head of Product Design to lead the user experience for Hivemind, its autonomy development platform. The job covers setting design direction and managing a team of designers, with much of the first 6–12 months spent on user research, prototyping, product discovery, and working directly with Product and Engineering. The focus is turning autonomy, robotics, AI and developer workflows into usable interfaces, including AI-native and agent-driven ones. The posting asks for experience designing AI products, developer platforms, or other complex technical systems. On-site in San Diego.