Chief Engineer, Weapons

Shield AI

London (KY)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 280,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

Shield AI seeks a Chief Engineer to lead engineering and deliver autonomous capabilities on unmanned weapon systems. The role is the senior authority on system architecture, design, development, risk mitigation, and product quality, ensuring successful integration of Hivemind Autonomy across a range of unmanned platforms.

The ideal candidate has defense industry experience and a proven track record of leading technical teams to deploy autonomous weapons systems.

Qualifications

  • Defense industry experience is preferred.
  • Leadership of technical teams to deliver autonomous capabilities.

Responsibilities

  • Lead system architecture, design, development, risk mitigation, and product quality.
  • Oversee integration of Hivemind Autonomy across unmanned weapon systems.
  • Manage a team of engineers delivering autonomous solutions for defense contracts.

Job description

The Chief Engineer at Shield AI is responsible for solving complex technical challenges in deploying advanced autonomy solutions on unmanned weapon systems.

As the chief authority on system architecture, design, development, risk mitigation, and product quality, the Chief Engineer ensures the successful integration of Hivemind Autonomy across a range of unmanned weapon systems.

This role is part of the Hivemind Solutions organization and leads a team of engineers to deliver cutting-edge autonomous capabilities for business-to-business and defense contracts. The ideal candidate has defense industry experience as a Chief Engineer and a proven track record of leading technical teams to develop and deploy autonomous weapon systems.

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