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Senior Staff Engineer, System Architect (R5843)

Shield AI04 Sep 2026
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Listed location: San Diego, California

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Job Description:

Shield AI is seeking an experienced System Architect to own the architecture of Hivemind Forge – an AI development ecosystem and the segment of Hivemind that enables developers to build, train, tune, evaluate, optimize, and deploy learning-based autonomy solutions. You will join the Systems Engineering, Integration, & Test (SEIT) team in the Hivemind Enterprise organization.

This ecosystem combines developer tools, APIs, data infrastructure, simulation, AI/ML workflows, and GenAI-enabled automation to accelerate the delivery of autonomous capabilities using Vision-Language Models (VLMs), Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models, world models, foundation models, and other applied AI technologies.

As the responsible architect, you will define the comprehensive architecture for this product area, maintain architectural integrity across development teams, and ensure the ecosystem can operate across enterprise cloud, high-performance computing, and secure or disconnected deployment environments. You will work at the intersection of software architecture, AI/ML, data architecture, systems engineering, developer experience, and Generative AI-enabled engineering to create an ecosystem that dramatically reduces the time required to transform mission needs and data into deployable, intelligent autonomous capabilities.

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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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Posted04 Sep 2026
Typefulltime
LevelLead
LocationSan Diego, California
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