Does Shield AI pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Shield AI employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Shield AI. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Shield AI?

64% of Shield AI employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Shield AI 2.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Shield AI?

Engineer (10) , Software Engineer (10) , Intern (7) , Staff Software Engineer (5) , Engineering Manager (4) , Systems Engineer (4) , Senior Software Engineer (3) , Senior Staff Software Engineer (3) , Staff Engineer (3) , AVO (2) , Business Development (2) , Customer Success (2) , Director (2) , Embedded Software Engineer (2) , Engineering (2)

What are the pros of working at Shield AI according to real employee reviews?

"The people here are amazing and the work and mission is inspiring." ((in 26 reviews)); "Production team was amazing, close knit and great people." ((in 17 reviews)); "Great culture and hands" ((in 11 reviews)); "Amazing CoWorkers" ((in 8 reviews)); "great benefit options" ((in 6 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Shield AI according to real employee reviews?

"Work life balance can be challenging because the company is growing at a very rapid pace." ((in 14 reviews)); "Long hours long hours long" ((in 12 reviews)); "Poor leadership and micro" ((in 10 reviews)); "Lots of people work long hours but not too many." ((in 9 reviews)); "Managers will absolutely retaliate against you for voicing concerns." ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about Shield AI layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Shield AI layoffs and their outlook for job security at Shield AI in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Shield AI locations?

San Diego , Frisco , Dallas , Washington , Arlington , Prosper , Boston , Alexandria , Fort Worth , Texas City , San Jose

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Shield AI reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(193 total reviews)

Gary Steele

75% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Career opportunities

3.4

Culture & values

3.4

Diversity & inclusion

3.1

Senior management

2.7

Work/Life balance

Shield AI has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 193 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Shield AI employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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Reviews by job title

193 reviews

4.0

Jan 30, 2024

If you want to learn, grow and have incredible impact, this is the place for you.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* You work on cool stuff that has an impact in the world. * Very high-quality colleagues. Intelligent, thoughtful people across the company. * Open to contrarian views delivered tactfully, and an openness to change. Shield is great. Yes it is hard work, but then there is an urgency in the mission. As per the lack of diversity, majority of the Execs are POC, and there are many teams (like Finance, Px) that are majority female. I also believe the pay and benefits are very fair for an emerging growth company.

Cons

* Hard stuff is hard. I only gave it a 4 as I know it is not for everyone. I am looking for growth and learning, so this is the perfect job for me.

3.0

Jun 21, 2023

Beware of middle management!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The company itself is amazing!

Cons

The hiring process is archaic, middle management will fire you if you question them, they will promise the world and then not deliver on there promises.

2.0

Feb 15, 2021

Great confident culture to complete panic in a month, put resume out two weeks ago after seeing writing on the wall

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great company with great culture, phenomenal upper management, but discussions with colleagues recently made it obvious the values and culture were not being upheld

Cons

Limited communication between middle management to lower level caused major scheduling issues, very low salary

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