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Manager, Simulation Engineering (R4870)

Shield AI — Tracked from its lever job board

Dallas, Texas Manager USD 160,000–240,000 Posted Apr 24, 2026
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About the role

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and 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:
As the VBAT Simulation Lead, you will be responsible for improving and scaling our simulation capabilities for the V-BAT and future aircraft. You will design, resource, manage, build and integrate tooling across our various engineering teams (e.g. Aerodynamics, GNC, Propulsion, etc.) to enable efficient and scalable simulation workflows. Your simulation solutions will be a key development tool for other engineers and also a critical gate in our release process.

What the index says about this role

  • First seen by JobLarper — Aug 2, 2026, 6 days ago. Older postings collect hundreds of applicants — a tailored résumé matters more the longer a role has been live.
  • No pay range in our index for this listing. Across 176 indexed Engineering Manager roles in US that do publish one, the middle half sits between $238k and $309k, median $271k — JobLarper's read of the market, not a figure from Shield AI.
  • What Engineering Manager roles ask for — across 1,152 indexed openings: REST/APIs (43%), Backend (31%), Cloud (27%), AI/LLM (26%), ML (23%).
  • Shield AI is hiring actively — 274 open roles indexed.

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