Hivemind Field Solutions Engineer

AI Chopping Block; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI in the United States seeks a Field Solutions Engineer, Hivemind to support technical sales, customer engagements, demonstrations, and capture activities for Hivemind, Shield AI’s autonomy solution for unmanned systems.

Hivemind enables autonomous operation across complex mission environments, allowing aircraft and robotic systems to perceive, decide, coordinate, and execute with reduced operator burden.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in solutions engineering or related customer-facing roles.
• Strong technical understanding of autonomy and defense technology systems.
• Experience supporting customer-facing technical engagements such as demos, briefings, proposals, and workshops.
• Ability to translate customer mission needs into technically feasible solution concepts and requirements.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a customer-facing technical expert for Hivemind autonomy solutions in markets.
• Support customer discovery, technical briefings, demonstrations, technical interchange meetings, and capture activities.
• Translate customer mission needs, CONOPs, and integration constraints into credible Hivemind solution concepts.
• Partner with BD and Capture teams to support RFIs, RFPs, and technical narratives.
• Explain Hivemind capabilities, roadmap considerations, and integration requirements to diverse audiences.
• Develop and maintain technical sales assets, including briefs, scripts, and white papers.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Program teams to represent customer requirements and feedback.
• Help customers evaluate autonomy's impact on mission planning and force modernization.

Skills

Solutions engineering

Systems engineering

Technical sales

Autonomy

Robotics

Defense software

Aerospace

Tools

Python

C++

Linux

APIs

SDKs

Autonomy software

Robotics middleware

Technical prototyping

Job description

Shield AI in the United States seeks a Field Solutions Engineer, Hivemind to support technical sales, customer engagements, demonstrations, and capture activities for Hivemind, Shield AI’s autonomy solution for unmanned systems.

Hivemind enables autonomous operation across complex mission environments, allowing aircraft and robotic systems to perceive, decide, coordinate, and execute with reduced operator burden.