Staff Engineer, Product Security & Compliance (R4650)

DallasFull Time Employeelead

EngineeringOperationsLegalSecurity

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Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems.

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Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.

Shield AI is seeking a senior security professional to lead product security and compliance efforts for our operational autonomous aircraft platforms. This role blends ISSM-level responsibility with hands-on product security and deep collaboration with engineering teams building real, fielded systems.

The ideal candidate brings experience securing aerospace or defense products and approaches compliance as an enabler of mission success. This role emphasizes practical, engineering-driven security decisions that balance regulatory requirements with system performance, autonomy, and operational realities.

Serve as the product security lead and ISSM for operational autonomous aircraft platforms.

Own and guide RMF activities, including ATO packages, ongoing authorization, and customer security engagements

Translate security and compliance requirements into product-appropriate, technically sound controls

Partner closely with systems, software, hardware, and platform engineering teams throughout the product lifecycle

Evaluate the security impact and operational tradeoffs of design decisions

Support government and customer audits, assessments, and security reviews

Contribute to the maturation of product security and compliance practices across Shield AI

Experience functioning as an Information System Security Manager (ISSM) or senior ISSO for complex systems

Experience securing aerospace and/or defense products

Strong working knowledge of RMF, NIST 800-53, and the ATO process

Enough systems engineering or technical depth to assess the reasonableness and impact of security requirements

Ability to work effectively with engineering teams in fast-paced, product-driven environments