Forward Deployed Engineer, Operations & Sustainment (R5497)
Shieldai · San Diego, California
Posted about 3 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 79 days Shieldai's roles stay open a median of 79 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Shieldai's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Shieldai
- high 441 stale, 23 reposted of 462 open
- Hiring momentum
- 615 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-22
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Shieldai's own lever board since 2026-08-04. Full hiring picture for Shieldai.
About this role
The Forward Deployed Engineer, Operations & Sustainment at Shield AI is responsible for deploying, supporting, and sustaining Hivemind products in various operational environments. This role involves direct interaction with customers, requiring installation, configuration, training, troubleshooting, and the creation of support documentation. The position is travel-intensive, necessitating at least 50% travel for customer-site work and training events.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Shieldai as an employer.
What you need
- Strong technical judgment
- Clear customer communication
- Ability to operate under field pressure
- Discipline to create support artifacts such as runbooks and known-issue records
- Willingness to travel at least 50% of the time
What you get
- Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
- Temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)
Worth weighing
- Travel-intensive role with at least 50% travel required
- Role involves working under field pressure
- Position may require a cleared background and reference check
Summarised from Shieldai's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Shieldai on their lever job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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