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Shield AI Salaries

Base pay from 441 open Shield AI roles that list a salary range. Annual USD.

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25th percentile

$150K

Median

$190K

75th percentile

$235K

Percentiles use the midpoint of each posted range. Lowest posted $60K, highest $421K.

Shield AI pay by role

RoleLocationSalary range
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration (R5402)San Mateo, California$281K–$421K
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities (R4587)San Mateo, California$281K–$421K
Head of Product Design (R5776)San Diego, California$230K–$420K
Senior Staff Engineer, ML Ops (R4941)San Mateo, California$280K–$420K
Simulation Specialist, AMER (R6171)Washington, D.C.$270K–$410K
Principal Engineer, Fluid & Thermal Systems (R5620)Seattle, Washington$266K–$400K
Director, Avionics Mechanical EngineeringSeattle, Washington$265K–$398K
Head of Aircraft Quality (R6146)Seattle, Washington$260K–$390K
Sr Director Engineering, V-BATDallas, Texas$250K–$380K
Principal Engineer, Fluid & Thermal Systems (R4793)Seattle, Washington$250K–$370K
Senior Director, Hivemind Operations & Sustainment (R5855)Washington, D.C.$250K–$370K
Principal Aerostructures Design Engineer (R5163)Seattle, Washington$240K–$360K
Senior Manager, Perception (R5914)Washington, D.C.$240K–$360K
Manager of Engineering, Autonomy Capabilities (R5412)San Diego, California$236K–$354K
Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration (R5395)San Mateo, California$234K–$351K
Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities (R5368)San Mateo, California$234K–$351K
Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy Behaviors (R5363)Washington, D.C.$234K–$351K
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Emerging Domains (R5398)Washington, D.C.$234K–$351K
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Weapons (R5398)Washington, D.C.$234K–$351K
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5193)Washington, D.C.$234K–$351K
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration (R5193)Washington, D.C.$234K–$351K
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Perception (R4985)Washington, D.C.$234K–$351K
Deputy Chief Engineer, X-BATSeattle, Washington$250K–$350K
Discrete Planning Engineer (R5440)San Diego, California$135K–$350K
Principal State Estimation Engineer (R4602)Dallas, Texas$275K–$350K
Principal Technical Program Manager, MMASan Diego, California$220K–$350K
Senior Manager, GNC (R5627)Dallas, Texas$230K–$350K
Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy Integration Lead (R6159)San Diego, California$230K–$350K
Senior Staff Engineer, ML Ops (R4941)San Diego, California$233K–$350K
Sr. Staff Electrical Engineer - BlueSky (R5838)Los Angeles, California$230K–$350K
State Estimation Engineer (R4783)Dallas, Texas$150K–$350K
Chief Engineer, Air Vehicle Lead - MMASeattle, Washington$250K–$340K
Director, Avionics Engineering, V-BATDallas, Texas$220K–$340K
Director, Mission EffectivenessWashington, D.C.$225K–$340K
Flight Controls Engineer (R4815)Seattle, Washington$220K–$340K
Head of Aircraft Production (R6147)Seattle, Washington$230K–$340K
Principal Product Designer (R5250)United States$230K–$340K
Sr. Staff Lead Site Reliability Engineer (R5803)San Mateo, California$220K–$340K
Mission Systems Software Engineer - BlueSky (R5199)Los Angeles, California$224K–$335K
Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Maritime (R5363)Washington, D.C.$221K–$331K
Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Space (R5360)Washington, D.C.$221K–$331K
Senior Staff Engineer, Software - Autonomous Aircraft Integration (R4983)Washington, D.C.$221K–$331K
Staff Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Maritime (R5325)Washington, D.C.$221K–$331K
Manager, Software - Perception (R3770)Washington, D.C.$220K–$331K
Manager of Engineering - Autonomous Pilot Integration (R5153)Washington, D.C.$220K–$330K
Principal Engineer, Software (R5285)United States$220K–$330K
Principal Technical Product Manager (R5249)United States$220K–$330K
Senior Manager, Avionics Mechanical Engineering (R4416)Seattle, Washington$220K–$330K
Senior Manager, Mechanical Engineering - Avionics (R4416)Seattle, Washington$220K–$330K
Senior Manager, Mechanisms Engineering (R4858)Seattle, Washington$220K–$330K
Technical Program Manager, Mission Autonomy - X-BAT (R6152)Seattle, Washington$220K–$330K
Lead, Electrical Engineering (R5116)Seattle, Washington$217K–$325K
Electric Power System Lead (R5987)Seattle, Washington$216K–$325K
Power System Lead, Launch Recovery Vehicle (R6025)Seattle, Washington$216K–$325K
Senior Staff RF Engineer (R5991)Seattle, Washington$216K–$325K
Principal Engineer, Software Architect (R4562)Dallas, Texas$216K–$323K
Customer Sustainment Engineer (R5502)San Diego, California$180K–$320K
Director, Engineering Excellence & EnablementWashington, D.C.$210K–$320K
Technical Program Manager (R5149)Seattle, Washington$210K–$320K
Air Vehicle Lead, Chief EngineerSeattle, Washington$212K–$318K
Applications Engineer, Autonomy (open level)San Diego, California$120K–$318K
Applications Engineer, Autonomy (open level)United States$152K–$318K
Forward Deployed Engineer, Operations & Sustainment (R5497)San Diego, California$152K–$318K
Senior Staff Engineer, Systems Integration (R5415)San Diego, California$212K–$318K
Chief Engineer, Autonomy — Space Domain (R5150)Washington, D.C.$211K–$316K
Director, Engineering Excellence & Design StandardsSeattle, Washington$209K–$314K
Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer (R5990)Seattle, Washington$208K–$312K
Director, Test Engineering - ACP ProgramsWashington, D.C.$210K–$310K
Manager, Software Engineering (R5966)San Diego, California$170K–$310K
Power Electronics - Principal Electrical Engineer (R4822)Seattle, Washington$210K–$310K
Principal Engineer, Electrical (R5909)San Diego, California$210K–$310K
Senior Staff Engineer Power System, Launch Recovery Vehicle (R6025)Seattle, Washington$215K–$310K
Senior Staff Engineer, System Architect (R5843)San Diego, California$170K–$310K
Senior Staff Field Solutions Engineer (R5321)Dallas, Texas$210K–$310K
Sr. Staff Thermal Engineer - Aircraft Avionics & Thermal Systems (R3930)Seattle, Washington$200K–$310K
Chief Engineer, Autonomy (R4614)Washington, D.C.$200K–$300K
Autonomy Engineer- Behavior and Motion Planning (R6007)San Diego, California$135K–$300K
Director, People Operations (R5390)Seattle, Washington$170K–$300K
Director, SOX Compliance (R5388)United States$170K–$300K
Perception Software Engineer (R5911)San Diego, California$165K–$300K
Product Strategy & Operations Sr. Lead, X-BAT Family of Systems (FoS) (R6012)San Diego, California$160K–$300K
Product Strategy & Operations Sr. Lead, X-BAT Family of Systems (FoS) (R6083)San Diego, California$160K–$300K
Safety-Critical Software Engineer (R5788)San Diego, California$160K–$300K
Senior Director of Hivemind Finance (R5621)Washington, D.C.$200K–$300K
Senior Engineer, Research-to-Product Perception (R6022)San Diego, California$165K–$300K
Senior Staff Engineer, Electromechanical (R4583)Seattle, Washington$200K–$300K
Senior Staff Engineer, Mechanical Test (R4413)Seattle, Washington$200K–$300K
Senior Staff Engineer, Structural Analysis (R4954)Seattle, Washington$200K–$300K
Senior Staff Engineer, Structures - Launch Recovery Vehicle (R4765)Seattle, Washington$200K–$300K
Senior Staff Lab Manager (R5090)Seattle, Washington$200K–$300K
Senior Staff Network Engineer (R4843)Seattle, Washington$200K–$300K
Software Engineering Manager, Hardware Test (X-BAT) (R6020)Seattle, Washington$169K–$300K
Staff Deep Learning Engineer, State Estimation (R5785)Remote$200K–$300K
Staff Engineer, AI Operations & Governance, Workplace AI (R5428)Remote$200K–$300K
Staff Engineer, Aircraft Trajectory Modeling (R5787)San Diego, California$200K–$300K
Staff Engineer, Mechanical - Harness Design (R4594)Seattle, Washington$166K–$300K
Staff Engineer, State Estimation (R5783)Remote$200K–$300K
Staff Loads Engineer (R4954)Seattle, Washington$200K–$300K
Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration (R5423)San Mateo, California$196K–$294K
Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities (R5339)San Mateo, California$196K–$294K