Product Manager, Assured Edge Autonomy (R4504)

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 .

Job Description:

Shield AI's Hivemind platform is the leading software stack for autonomous air systems, and we are charting a clear path to airworthiness certification for AI-driven autonomy. As Product Manager for Assured Edge Autonomy, you will own the Assured Foundations product strategy and roadmap for some of the capabilities that make certification tractable — including runtime safety components, certifiable middleware, and requirements traceability tooling.

You will work across engineering, business development, and customer programs to translate complex regulatory requirements into buildable products and ensure Hivemind becomes the definitive platform for certified autonomous systems. This role is central to Shield AI's expansion into regulated aviation markets internationally.

What you'll do:

• Own the product strategy and roadmap for the capabilities that allow our customers to quickly fly on critical systems. 
• Define and prioritize requirements for certifiable software components by collaborating with engineering teams, certification authorities, and key customers.
• Lead the development and adoption of our tooling for assured software.
• Partner with business development and engineering support teams to guide customer engagements from pre-commitment through authority approval, including safety case templates and certification guidance. 
• Represent the Assured Foundations product externally through whitepapers, technical briefings, and concept reviews for customers, program managers, and certification authorities. 
• Define and track success metrics such as certification milestone progress, SDK adoption, and engineering support utilization to guide roadmap priorities.
  
  

Required qualifications:

• 7 years of technical product management experience on safety-critical, embedded, or avionics software products 
• Working knowledge of aviation software certification standards (DO-178C, ML-HDBK 516C, ASTM F3269-21, or equivalent),
• Demonstrated ability to drive cross-functional alignment across engineering, business development, and external customers on complex, multi-year technical programs 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills , with the ability to translate highly technical material into clear value propositions for both engineering and executive audiences 
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with runtime assurance architectures, safety monitors, or formally verified software in autonomous or avionics systems 
• Background working with aviation OEMs, certification authorities, or program offices
• Familiarity with real-time operating systems and deterministic middleware concepts including WCET analysis and static memory allocation
• Prior experience owning traceability or test management tooling in a regulated development environment 
• Experience in international avionics markets
  
  

$190,000 - $290,000 a year

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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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