Senior Staff Field Solutions Engineer (R5321)
Shield AI — Tracked from its lever job board
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:
Shield AI is seeking a Senior Solutions Engineer based in Frisco to support technical capture and pre-sales engagement for the X-BAT aircraft platform in the US. This role will serve as the technical lead for Business Development, bridging US operational requirements with Shield AI’s product roadmap. The ideal candidate has prior experience at a major defense prime (US OEM) in roles spanning engineering, technical sales, program management, or advanced capture, with exposure to tactical jet aircraft, CCA/ACA concepts, or Group 4/5 UAS programs. This individual will focus on shaping opportunities within the US market, supporting Go To Market of tactical aircraft, crafting proposal documentation, and providing technical expertise. This individual will also cross-train in Shield AI’s other products to support integrated solution discussions.
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 255 indexed Solutions Architect roles in US that do publish one, the middle half sits between $170k and $225k, median $200k — JobLarper's read of the market, not a figure from Shield AI.
- What Solutions Architect roles ask for — across 1,615 indexed openings: Python (46%), REST/APIs (42%), AI/LLM (36%), Cloud (31%), ML (29%). This posting names React Native.
- Shield AI is hiring actively — 274 open roles indexed.
Derived from the 27,000 roles JobLarper indexes daily from official company boards — not from the job description above.
More open roles at Shield AI
- Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy and Motion Planning (R5538)London · Senior+
- Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy Software Integration & Test (R5539)London · Senior+
- Senior Applications Engineer, Autonomy (R5519)Kyiv · Senior+
- Staff Field Solutions Engineer (R5524)San Francisco, California · San Diego, California · Senior+ · USD 180,000–270,000
- Staff Field Solutions Engineer (R5522)Washington, DC · Senior+ · USD 180,000–270,000
- Staff Solutions Engineer (R5521)Amsterdam · Senior+
- Director, Electrical Engineering (R5529)Dallas, Texas · Director+ · USD 220,000–340,000
- Staff Engineer, Cybersecurity Platform (R5531)Dallas, Texas · Senior+ · USD 150,000–230,000
All 274 open roles at Shield AI →
Similar Solutions Architect roles at other companies
- Forward Deployed EngineerSailPoint · United States
- Forward Deployed EngineerLiteLLM · United States · San Francisco
- CDN Solutions EngineerApple · Cupertino, United States
- Solutions Architect (Dallas)LangChain · Dallas, TX · Remote
- Solutions Architect (Austin)LangChain · Austin, TX · Remote
- Solutions Architect (Remote)LangChain · Los Angeles, CA · Salt Lake City, UT · Seattle, WA · Denver, CO · Remote
- Solutions Architect (San Francisco)LangChain · San Francisco, CA
- Senior Forward Deployed EngineerCoder · United States · Canada · Remote
Browse all solutions architect jobs in united states — 665 open roles across 329 companies.