{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"a67bdb56726bf15a91c8e96b","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/a67bdb56726bf15a91c8e96b","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/a67bdb56726bf15a91c8e96b","title":"Staff Applications Engineer, Learning & Development","description":"Job Description\r\nShield AI is seeking an Autonomy Applications Engineer, Learning & Development to help accelerate customer adoption of Hivemind through world-class technical training and enablement. This is a highly technical, customer-facing role for someone who is equally comfortable mastering complex autonomy software, building cutting-edge training content, and leading in-person training engagements with customer engineers and technical stakeholders.\r\nIn this role, you will become a deep expert in the Hivemind software stack and serve as a trusted resource for customers learning to build autonomy with Hivemind. You will develop and maintain training materials, deliver instructor-led training, and help translate product complexity into clear, effective, mission-relevant learning experiences.\r\nYou will also work closely with internal engineering, product, and go-to-market teams to ensure training content stays aligned with the latest product capabilities and field feedback. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys teaching, building, and solving technical problems at the intersection of software, autonomy, and customer success.\r\nThis role includes approximately 30% travel for customer site visits specifically to facilitate in-person training engagements.\r\nWhat you'll do\r\nBecome an expert user of the Hivemind software stack and workflows\r\nLead in-person and hands-on customer training engagements for Hivemind software\r\nDevelop, maintain, and continuously improve high-quality technical training materials, guides, labs, and instructor-led content\r\nTrain customer engineers and technical teams to effectively use Hivemind software and build autonomy applications\r\nHelp customers troubleshoot software usage issues and support debugging of training contexts\r\nCollaborate closely with engineering and product teams to incorporate customer feedback into training content and product improvements\r\nDevelop and maintain technical documentation and learning resources that help scale customer adoption\r\nHelp define best practices for autonomy training and customer enablement across Shield AI deployments\r\nRepresent Shield AI as a technical educator and product expert, helping drive the global proliferation of autonomous systems\r\nYou should apply if\r\nYou enjoy teaching highly technical material and can turn complex software concepts into clear, engaging learning experiences\r\nYou are energized by customer-facing work and enjoy facilitating in-person training engagements\r\nYou have strong engineering fundamentals and can build credibility quickly with technical users\r\nYou are comfortable operating with autonomy and ownership in dynamic customer environments\r\nYou enjoy working across engineering, product, and customer teams to improve both user outcomes and product adoption\r\nYou are passionate about or have great interest in autonomy, robotics, or defense technology\r\nRequired qualifications\r\nBachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field\r\n7+ years of relevant experience\r\n3+ years of experience in an applications engineering, integration engineering, solutions engineering, technical training, technical enablement, or similarly customer-facing technical role\r\nStrong technical background in software engineering\r\nStrong proficiency with modern C++\r\nExperience with Python in a professional setting\r\nExcellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills\r\nStrong problem-solving and analytical skills\r\nClear interest in being an educator engineer who enjoys instructing technical users and developing their capability\r\nAbility to travel approximately 30%, including occasional international travel\r\nPreferred qualifications\r\n3+ years of experience working in a startup environment\r\nExperience in the defense, robotics, aerospace, or autonomous systems industry\r\nExperience developing technical documentation, training materials, or instructional content for complex technical products\r\nExperience designing hands-on technical labs, workshops, or instructor-led training programs\r\nWhy this role matters\r\nThis role sits at the front line of customer adoption for Hivemind. As an Autonomy Applications Engineer, Learning & Development, you will help customers build confidence in autonomy software, accelerate their ability to build autonomy with Hivemind, and shape how Shield AI trains the next generation of autonomous systems users. You will be both educator and engineer: teaching customers, building the materials that enable them, and helping bring advanced autonomy into real-world use around the globe.\r\n$150,000 - $230,000 a year\r\nCompensation and Benefits\r\nFull-time regular employee offer package: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity\r\nTemporary employee offer package: Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)\r\nSalary 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.\r\nEqual Opportunity Employer\r\nShield 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. 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This is a highly technical, customer-facing role for someone who is equally comfortable mastering complex autonomy software, building cutting-edge training content, and leading in-person training engagements with customer engineers and technical stakeholders.\r\nIn this role, you will become a deep expert in the Hivemind software stack and serve as a trusted resource for customers learning to build autonomy with Hivemind. You will develop and maintain training materials, deliver instructor-led training, and help translate product complexity into clear, effective, mission-relevant learning experiences.\r\nYou will also work closely with internal engineering, product, and go-to-market teams to ensure training content stays aligned with the latest product capabilities and field feedback. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys teaching, building, and solving technical problems at the intersection of software, autonomy, and customer success.\r\nThis role includes approximately 30% travel for customer site visits specifically to facilitate in-person training engagements.\r\nWhat you'll do\r\nBecome an expert user of the Hivemind software stack and workflows\r\nLead in-person and hands-on customer training engagements for Hivemind software\r\nDevelop, maintain, and continuously improve high-quality technical training materials, guides, labs, and instructor-led content\r\nTrain customer engineers and technical teams to effectively use Hivemind software and build autonomy applications\r\nHelp customers troubleshoot software usage issues and support debugging of training contexts\r\nCollaborate closely with engineering and product teams to incorporate customer feedback into training content and product improvements\r\nDevelop and maintain technical documentation and learning resources that help scale customer adoption\r\nHelp define best practices for autonomy training and customer enablement across Shield AI deployments\r\nRepresent Shield AI as a technical educator and product expert, helping drive the global proliferation of autonomous systems\r\nYou should apply if\r\nYou enjoy teaching highly technical material and can turn complex software concepts into clear, engaging learning experiences\r\nYou are energized by customer-facing work and enjoy facilitating in-person training engagements\r\nYou have strong engineering fundamentals and can build credibility quickly with technical users\r\nYou are comfortable operating with autonomy and ownership in dynamic customer environments\r\nYou enjoy working across engineering, product, and customer teams to improve both user outcomes and product adoption\r\nYou are passionate about or have great interest in autonomy, robotics, or defense technology\r\nRequired qualifications\r\nBachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field\r\n7+ years of relevant experience\r\n3+ years of experience in an applications engineering, integration engineering, solutions engineering, technical training, technical enablement, or similarly customer-facing technical role\r\nStrong technical background in software engineering\r\nStrong proficiency with modern C++\r\nExperience with Python in a professional setting\r\nExcellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills\r\nStrong problem-solving and analytical skills\r\nClear interest in being an educator engineer who enjoys instructing technical users and developing their capability\r\nAbility to travel approximately 30%, including occasional international travel\r\nPreferred qualifications\r\n3+ years of experience working in a startup environment\r\nExperience in the defense, robotics, aerospace, or autonomous systems industry\r\nExperience developing technical documentation, training materials, or instructional content for complex technical products\r\nExperience designing hands-on technical labs, workshops, or instructor-led training programs\r\nWhy this role matters\r\nThis role sits at the front line of customer adoption for Hivemind. As an Autonomy Applications Engineer, Learning & Development, you will help customers build confidence in autonomy software, accelerate their ability to build autonomy with Hivemind, and shape how Shield AI trains the next generation of autonomous systems users. You will be both educator and engineer: teaching customers, building the materials that enable them, and helping bring advanced autonomy into real-world use around the globe.\r\n$150,000 - $230,000 a year\r\nCompensation and Benefits\r\nFull-time regular employee offer package: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity\r\nTemporary employee offer package: Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)\r\nSalary 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.\r\nEqual Opportunity Employer\r\nShield 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. 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