A formative experience for many. - Engineering Fellow Shield AI Employee Review

5.0
Feb 10, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Shield is a high growth company in the right place at the right time. I have been with shield for 5 years and have experienced over 10x staff growth in this period. Our primary focus has remained practically intact while we have reinvented ourselves multiple times. We keep growing with expanding opportunity, I don't know if the next 5 years will yield another 10x in growth but we are on a good trajectory and I aim to find out. This is not the first high growth startup that I have worked for, and it is a great ride those who seek it.

Cons

Shield is not for all. While it offers great opportunity for growth, it requires top notch effort and commitment from its employees. This suits me well because it also means that I get to work with a bunch of really capable people.

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5.0
Jun 9, 2026
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Pros

Great teammates and environment for intern. Good pay and benefits with gym access.

Cons

No large cons, it is a good internship.

2.0
Mar 25, 2026
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Pros

A majority of the company is filled with good-willed, nice, curious people across AI, aviation, geospatial, engineering and instructional spaces.

Cons

Too many of the operational decisions are made by sof guys with virtually zero experience in any of the fields relevant to the company...including strategic operations or even tactical isr. Too many has-beens used to working with no oversight. Money and equipment constantly disappearing. The company is like a toddler walking around in their parents clothes. Poor scaling. Almost non-existent safety considerations. Prior service in corporate is always something that needs to be addressed but the amount of sof guys this company employees just so they can put "elite" in every tagline is ridiculous. They complain constantly just to freeze or meltdown in the lightest stressful situations. Virtually unteachable so they are removed and elevated into positions that avoid that dynamic. We can't get people to stop being vindictive bigots every time they are corrected or called out for lying in a meeting to save our lives but we sure will platform the latest self-help garbage from some other hack of a seal because so-in-so met him once or likes his podcast.

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