Jobs at Shield AI

Supports business development by identifying opportunities, preparing proposals and presentations, maintaining Salesforce pipelines, coordinating stakeholders, and managing meetings, events, travel, records, and communications. Builds relationships with government departments and regulatory authorities, monitors relevant policies, coordinates approvals and licenses, represents the organization at industry events, and advises leadership on Australia’s regulatory and policy environment.

Designs and integrates systems across Hivemind Vision and Mission Autonomy technology stacks. Responsibilities include capturing and verifying system requirements, developing system architectures, creating and maintaining MBSE models using UML, SysML, and UPDM, defining interfaces and functional flows, improving modeling tools and automation, and supporting systems engineering processes. The role collaborates with program, product, design, development, integration, test, and business development teams while reporting technical status and risks to leadership.

Leads and scales Shield AI’s international Aechelon sales organization, integrating the acquired business into Shield AI’s go-to-market strategy. Responsibilities include sales team leadership, post-acquisition integration, territory and account planning, pipeline and forecast management, complex defense and enterprise pursuits, cross-selling, partner development, and alignment with product, engineering, marketing, and customer engagement teams.

Leads architecture, development, integration, and operationalization of high-performance real-time and distributed simulation systems for autonomous uncrewed aircraft. Builds C++ and Python simulation software, integrates defense simulation frameworks, deploys containerized environments, and supports CI/CD, testing, autonomy, perception, and hardware interfaces. Provides technical and project leadership across multidisciplinary engineering teams and delivers validated simulation capabilities for customer programs and internal research.

Design, develop, test, and deploy autonomous behaviors for uncrewed aircraft. Build sensor-fusion solutions, autonomy systems, and task and motion planning capabilities using real-world sensor data and high-fidelity simulations. Integrate autonomy products with third-party aircraft and systems, contribute to architecture and code quality, collaborate across AI, robotics, and systems teams, and mentor junior engineers.

Design and maintain automated test frameworks, validation tooling, and infrastructure for autonomy software. Develop Python automation, regression, integration, functional, and performance tests across simulation, SIL, HIL, and VIL environments. Analyze results, troubleshoot integration issues, create quality metrics and readiness assessments, and integrate testing into CI/CD workflows. Collaborate with autonomy, systems engineering, flight test, and integration teams to support software quality and operational readiness.

Lead the architecture, development, integration, and operationalization of distributed real-time and faster-than-real-time simulation systems for uncrewed aircraft autonomy. Build high-performance C++ simulation software, integrate defense simulation frameworks, deploy containerized environments, and connect simulations with autonomy, perception, hardware, and automated testing. Provide technical and project leadership across engineering teams while supporting customer programs and internal research and development.

Design, implement, test, and deploy autonomous behaviors for uncrewed aircraft. Develop sensor-fusion and perception solutions using real sensor data, validate systems through software- and hardware-in-the-loop simulations, and integrate autonomy products with third-party aircraft and systems. Collaborate across AI, robotics, and systems engineering teams, contribute to architecture and code quality, and mentor junior engineers.

Design and maintain automated test frameworks and validation infrastructure for autonomy software. Develop Python-based test automation, regression, integration, functional, and performance suites across simulation, SIL, HIL, and VIL environments. Analyze results, investigate defects, define quality metrics, integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate with software, systems engineering, integration, and flight test teams to assess mission readiness.

Design, research, and deploy state-of-the-art deep learning perception capabilities for autonomous and non-autonomous platforms. Develop computer vision models, deploy AI systems to edge devices, and build tools that scale deep learning operations. Contribute to R&D, model optimization, embedded production deployments, MLOps systems, and technical mentoring.

Provides technical leadership and hands-on development for modern C++ software running on Linux-based edge platforms. Designs architectures, integrates cameras and sensors, develops imaging and mission applications, optimizes performance, and resolves issues across software, networking, hardware, and deployment boundaries. Mentors senior engineers, establishes reusable platforms and standards, and leads complex initiatives from requirements through deployment and sustained operation.

Designs and integrates systems across autonomy, perception, and mission-level technology stacks. Captures requirements, develops system architectures, creates and maintains MBSE models using UML, SysML, and UPDM, and supports systems engineering processes. Collaborates with program, design, development, integration, test, product, and business teams while reporting technical status and risks to leadership. The role focuses on Hivemind autonomous systems and requires eligibility for an Australian NV1 Secret clearance.

Staff QA Engineer responsible for software testing across the SDLC, including test case development, regression testing, automated testing, performance verification, release approval, documentation, and requirements validation. The role involves preparing test environments across Windows and Linux, configuring hardware and software, integration and operational testing, and validating embedded systems during flight operations near Melbourne. Collaboration with software and hardware engineers, Agile development participation, fault tracking, and schedule management are also required.

Designs and integrates systems across autonomy, perception, and mission-level technology stacks. Captures requirements, develops system architectures, creates and maintains MBSE models using UML, SysML, and UPDM, and supports systems engineering processes. Collaborates with design, development, integration, test, product, program, and business development teams while reporting technical status, risks, and progress to leadership.

Design, develop, test, and deploy autonomous behaviors for uncrewed aircraft. Build sensor-fusion and autonomy solutions using real sensor data, validate systems through software- and hardware-in-the-loop simulations, and integrate autonomy products with third-party aircraft and systems. Collaborate across AI, robotics, and systems engineering teams while contributing to architecture, code quality, design reviews, and engineering best practices. Lead and mentor junior engineers.

Design, develop, test, and deploy autonomous behaviors for uncrewed aircraft. Build sensor-fusion solutions, autonomy systems, and high-fidelity software and hardware-in-the-loop simulations. Integrate autonomy products with third-party aircraft and systems, collaborate across AI, robotics, and systems engineering teams, contribute to architecture and code quality, and mentor junior engineers.

Serve as a customer-facing technical expert for defense simulation, synthetic environments, and AI-enabled mission systems. Support discovery, demonstrations, technical briefings, proposals, RFIs, RFPs, and capture activities. Translate customer mission needs into solution concepts, demos, and product feedback while explaining image generation, LVC architectures, sensor simulation, threat models, and synthetic agents. Build relationships with defense stakeholders across Australia, the Indo-Pacific, AUKUS, and allied markets, working cross-functionally with business development, product, engineering, and program teams.

Own C++ build and release workflows for autonomy and vision software, including reproducible builds, dependency management, containerized CI/CD, artifact repositories, promotion gates, testing, packaging, and edge deployment. Maintain delivery systems across isolated or air-gapped environments, troubleshoot integration issues, and collaborate with engineering and systems teams to ensure reliable, repeatable releases.

Research, design, implement, and deploy state-of-the-art deep learning perception solutions for autonomous and non-autonomous platforms. Develop computer vision capabilities, deploy AI systems to edge devices, build scalable deep learning tools, contribute to R&D, and collaborate with engineers. The role also involves applying modern architectures, optimizing embedded production models, supporting MLOps, and potentially mentoring junior team members.

Leads end-to-end contracting for Australian Defence, allied government, commercial, and strategic partnership agreements. Responsibilities include tender support, negotiation, contract administration, software and IP licensing, technical-data rights, risk management, modifications, claims, disputes, compliance, and closeout. Advises cross-functional stakeholders and customers while developing scalable contracting processes for a defence-technology company.