Principal Engineer, AI Infrastructure (R4941)

Shield AI · San Francisco, California, United States

Location
San Francisco
Job Type
Full Time Employee
Posted
July 02, 2026

Job Description

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With offices and facilities across the , Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit . Follow Shield AI on , , , and . 

Job Description:

Shield AI builds autonomy systems for defense applications, including air, maritime, and space platforms operating in complex and contested environments. 

We are establishing a centralized AI and Data Platform organization responsible for the infrastructure that underpins autonomy development across Hivemind and other programs. This team owns the systems used to train models, run simulation, manage data, and deploy models to operational environments. 

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