# Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (5961) at Shieldai

- Company: Shieldai
- Status: Open
- Workplace: On-site
- Location: London
- Level: Senior
- Discipline: DevOps & SRE
- Employment: Full-time
- Posted: 2026-10-09
- Skills: Hivemind Solutions Division, Applications Engineering
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/shieldai/4c453e00-272c-42aa-a97b-9baa8102c89d

## Description

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 synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai https://shield.ai/. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/shield-ai, X https://x.com/shieldaitech, Instagram https://www.instagram.com/shield_ai, and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@Shield_AI. 

 

Our Forward Deployed Engineer are technical, customer-facing problem solvers who play a critical role in deploying Shield AI’s Hivemind software in real-world environments.   

In this role, you will work closely with customers to understand their requirements, provide technical expertise and customer support during deployment, and ensure successful integration of Hivemind. You’ll also collaborate internally with engineering teams to develop and test new autonomy capabilities.  

What You'll Do

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 - Deploy with customers on site (~30% travel) to support software integration and development activities.   

 - Become an expert user of the Hivemind enterprise software stack and its various autonomy modules.   

 - Provide technical support and training to customers on use of Hivemind.   

 - Develop AI & Autonomy applications using the Shield AI enterprise software development kit.  

 - Assist th

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