Shield AI has been named to Forbes’ AI 50 and Best Startups lists, CB Insights Top 100 AI Companies, and Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies. The company has offices and facilities in San Diego, Dallas, Washington, D.C. and Abu Dhabi. 

What makes Shield AI a great place to work

At Shield AI, highly collaborative and cross-functional teams are tackling the most challenging technological problems of the 21st century. Teams are close-knit and the company encourages all employees to live as servant leaders.

What is Shield AI's culture like

Employees like how passionate and clearly mission-driven the CEO is. He believes deeply in the company's mission and his enthusiasm is infectious. 

What Shield AI employees think about their CEO

Shield AI is an artificial intelligence company that serves the national security sector. The company develops AI software and intelligent hardware products intended to protect lives. Shield AI's current products include: Hivemind Edge, Hivemind Core and Nova AI-UAS. Hivemind Edge is an intelligent, edge-deployed software stack that transforms assets into intelligent teammates by enabling machines to execute complex, unscripted tasks in denied and dynamic environments without direct operator inputs. Hivemind Core is an artificial intelligence system that radically accelerates AI development, training, and validation workflows by integrating data management workflows, scalable simulation, and self-directed learning foundations. Nova AI-UAS is the leading AI-powered aerial ISR robot capable of both outdoor and autonomous indoor, self-directed flight. Nova operates independently in complex and contested environments, leveraging AI to determine what it should do, when it should do it and how it should complete the task. The company was founded in May 2015 with the mission to protect service members and civilians with artificially intelligent systems by Andrew Reiter, Brandon, Tseng, and Ryan Tseng. Shield AI is headquartered in San Diego, CA and maintains research offices in Pittsburgh, PA.

Founder And Chief Executive Officer

Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder

Co-Founder

President, Co-Founder

Shield AI | Company Culture: Engineers’ Perspectives

Shield AI is an artificial intelligence company founded in 2015 with the mission to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. The company’s Hivemind autonomy stack is the first and only autonomous AI Pilot, deployed in combat since 2018. Hivemind enables intelligent teams of aircraft to perform missions ranging from room clearance, to penetrating air defense systems, and dogfighting F-16s. Backed by top-tier Silicon Valley VC funds, Shield AI has established itself as the leader in AI for aviation. 

Senior PCB Designer

Senior Staff PCB Designer (R4292)

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With nine offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific, Shield AI's technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit ************** Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.
 
Job Description: As a PCB Designer at Shield AI, you will be responsible for creating the layouts that support our aircraft. You'll work closely with electrical, mechanical and manufacturing engineers to translate schematics and requirements into robust, manufacturable PCBA designs. You will be involved in all steps of the PCBA design process including stack-up design, constraint management, mechanical placement planning, generating drawings and manufacturing outputs.What you'll do:
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 Create PCB layouts for complex digital, analog, RF, high-speed, and power electronics designs.
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 Plan and manage PCB stack-ups in collaboration with fabrication vendors and manufacturing engineers.
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 Partner with electrical engineers to interpret schematics, routing rules, and design intent.
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 Collaborate with mechanical engineers to ensure proper board form factor integration, connector positioning, placement constraints.
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 Apply best practices for signal integrity, power integrity, grounding, impedance control, and thermal/EMI mitigation.
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 Conduct design reviews and implement feedback to ensure manufacturability, reliability, and compliance with company standards.
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 Generate and maintain manufacturing documentation, including Gerber/ODB++ files, fabrication and assembly notes and drawings.
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 Work with manufacturing engineering to ensure designs meet supplier DFM requirements.
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 10+ years of experience in PCB layout for production hardware (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
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 Solid understanding of IPC standards (IPC-2221/2222, IPC-7351, etc.)
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 Familiar with PCB materials and manufacturing process, and stack-up construction.
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 Familiarity with controlled-impedance routing, differential pairs, length matching, and high-current power distribution.
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 Experience with scripting and automation
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 Experience with Altium Designer
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 Experience using simulation tools to validate layout designs
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 Full-time regular employee offer package: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
 
 Temporary employee offer package: Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)
 
 Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.
 
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 Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
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Shield AI benefits

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