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Senior Manager, Engineering - Hivemind Reasoning (R6291)

San Mateo, CaliforniaFull-time2026-10-15 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead the team designing, training, and evaluating reasoning and cognition models for Shield AI's unmanned platforms.

Role type

Senior Manager, Engineering (AI/ML)

Builds

Reasoning and cognition models for unmanned systems

Domain

Defense technology, autonomous systems, AI/ML

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

foundation models, deep learning, self-supervised learning, imitation learning, reinforcement learning, distillation, model evaluation, team leadership, tradeoff analysis, PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow, robotics algorithms, edge compute

Preferred skills

PhD in CS/EE, simulation-to-real deployment, managing managers, defense applications, distributed systems, high-fidelity simulation, vendor management

Technologies

PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow, NVIDIA Jetson, Qualcomm, AMD

Responsibilities

Define technical roadmap for single-agent and multi-agent models, drive training efforts, establish rigorous evaluations, recruit and manage engineering teams, translate edge constraints into model decisions, communicate technical tradeoffs, deliver trained models, create feedback loops

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management