# Senior Staff Technical Program Manager (R5595) at Shieldai

- Company: Shieldai
- Status: Open
- Workplace: On-site
- Location: Melbourne
- Level: Staff
- Discipline: Product
- Employment: Internship
- Posted: 2026-10-22
- Skills: Hivemind Solutions Division, AUS
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/shieldai/8cb6f1a3-1569-464c-b950-231bcd79adf9

## 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. 

 


JOB DESCRIPTION:

Shield AI is a venture-backed defence technology company building intelligent autonomous systems for aircraft. Our mission is to protect service members and civilians through AI and autonomy.

We’re looking for a Technical Program Manager to join our Port Melbourne team, leading the development, integration, and deployment of the world’s best AI pilots across a range of transformative autonomous systems (UAVs, USVs, UUVs).

This is a high-impact, hands-on role working at the centre of our growing Australian operations. You’ll manage complex engineering programmes from early concept through to field testing and deployment — and work directly with customers, defence stakeholders, and internal teams to make it happen.

What you'll do:

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 - Lead and deliver end-to-end technical program management leverage your industry knowledge to shape/define program and organizational objectiv

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