Product Manager, Hivemind Foundations (R3092) - Shield AI

Job Title: Product Manager, Hivemind Foundations (R3092)
Job Location: San Diego Metro Area
Job Listing URL: https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/f9844af7-5a45-470d-b175-59e88effb2a7
Job Description: About Shield AI
Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense technology company focused on protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its flagship autonomy software, Hivemind, powers aircraft, drones, and other platforms, enabling complex missions with high reliability in contested environments. With offices in San Diego, Dallas, Washington, D.C., and internationally, Shield AI’s products actively support U.S. and allied operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn,Twitter, and Instagram.

The Hivemind Foundations product manager guides the development and product roadmap for the middleware developed by Shield AI which is the foundation of all Hivemind enabled systems. As HMF Product Manager, you will set priorities for software releases based on a deep understanding of both internal engineering needs and external customer integration needs. These will be driven by direct interaction with autonomy engineers and technical directors, as well as a deep understanding of the technical landscape and both government and commercial customers.
What you'll do:
Develop and maintain the roadmap for Hivemind Foundations in collaboration with engineering leadership.
Develop product requirements based on deep understanding of customer needs.
Be an expert user and evangelist for your product.
Ensure the Hivemind Foundations product has world-class capabilities, quality, and documentation.
Oversee solutions to some of the most challenging foundational configuration and communication problems to multi-agent autonomy.
Understand the business and technical landscape that affects your product.
Required qualifications:
B.S. in Computer Science with 5+ years of work experience. Similar degree or equivalent practical experience acceptable.
You have rock-solid fundamentals in software engineering and the software development life cycle.
You are an expert at balancing technical vs business risks and turning engineering output into business outcomes.
You are a relentless learner who can comfortably develop the specialized knowledge necessary for drive the roadmap of a highly technical product.
You have deep customer empathy and are highly creative at crafting technical solutions to solve customer problems.
You are an expert communicator for both a technical and non-technical audience
Preferred qualifications:
Advanced degree in Computer Science or MBA
Experience in highly technical customer facing roles
Expertise modern C++ and the development of middleware, communications, and/or operation systems.
Expert user/contributor to ROS/ROS2
Experience with middleware or communications for multi-agent robotics
Experience with unmanned air systems
Experience with airworthiness, functional safety, or cybersecurity