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Senior Engineer, Human Machine Teaming (R5649)

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

Washington, D.C.

Status

Open

Posted

2026-08-21T22:47:37.944+00:00

Shield AI's Human Machine Teaming group seeks an Engineer II or Senior Engineer for its HMT Experimentation capability. The role supports the HMT Experimentation Lead in setting up an HMT Experimentation Lab and running applied R&D. Work includes testing collaborative work requirement profiles and conducting robustness testing to identify where teaming works, degrades, and approaches failure. The posting frames HMT as designing, managing and assuring adaptive relationships between operators and Hivemind-enabled mission autonomy. The work spans in-development and fielded autonomous systems in Washington, D.C., on site.