Staff Engineer – Field Service (Vision Systems)

About the role

Shield AI is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead field‑service demonstrations, training, and customer adoption of its Vision Systems portfolio. The role blends operational expertise, technical fluency, and teaching ability to help defense and government customers integrate autonomous sensor solutions into real missions.

Key responsibilities

• Plan and execute customer flight plans for demonstrations, linking product capabilities to mission needs.
• Operate Vision Systems software and sensor interfaces during demos, exercises, and evaluations.
• Develop and deliver operator training, practical exercises, and supporting materials.
• Build trusted relationships with operators and program teams, supporting onboarding and follow‑up.
• Translate customer observations into operational feedback for product and engineering teams.

Required profile

• Significant experience in airborne ISR sensor operations or related field‑applications roles.
• Practical understanding of EO/IR sensor employment, including gimballed sensors and full‑motion video.
• Knowledge of ISR collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination (PED) and how outputs support decisions.
• Familiarity with mission‑system interfaces, data links and joint ISR collection processes.
• Ability to instruct, mentor and deliver technical briefings to diverse audiences.

Required skills

• Vision Systems software operation
• EO/IR sensor integration and operation
• ISR collection and processing (PED)
• Mission‑system interface configuration
• Data‑link management
• Automated target detection and recognition
• Computer vision and multi‑sensor fusion concepts