Shield AI reviews

3.5

66% would recommend to a friend

(193 total reviews)
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Gary Steele

77% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

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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193 reviews
1.0
Nov 11, 2025

Terrible Management

Anonymous employee
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Pros

There’s much to learn from other engineers and developers, I think a lot of people are initially drawn to the pace / mission / opportunity and there’s some good talent there. I think the company will survive for some time due to military ties and funding, but who knows after that

Cons

Management is pretty bad. Constant mixed signals / directives and that only leads to frustration. Emphasis on putting in hours vs actually doing novel and advanced work (I question the technology too, but that’s a different story). Lots of talent is and will continue to leave. Culture is also pretty bad, lots of guys pretending to be hardos but not actually contributing.

4.0
Jun 18, 2025

Overall great company, Could use some improvements

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Work life balance - Compensation (As long as you’re not production) - Benefits - Fun place to work - Get to make an impact

Cons

- Could use some process improvements - We are a 10 year startup company (Hopefully that’ll change with the new CEO)

3.0
Jun 4, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Building a viable product to support our troops

Cons

Work life balance is nonexistent

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