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?

66% 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, 3.5 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 24 reviews)); "The team is awesome." ((in 16 reviews)); "Great culture and hands" ((in 16 reviews)); "Amazing CoWorkers" ((in 8 reviews)); "Interesting work and great pay" ((in 8 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 13 reviews)); "Long hours long hours long" ((in 11 reviews)); "Lots of people work long hours but not too many." ((in 10 reviews)); "Poor leadership and micro" ((in 9 reviews)); "Low salary, not at all competitive with other offers and not very willing to negotiate." ((in 5 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

Shield AI reviews

3.5

66% would recommend to a friend

(193 total reviews)

Gary Steele

77% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

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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).

Reviews by job title

193 reviews

5.0

Feb 7, 2018

Working at Shield AI

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work on the most interesting cutting edge robotics possible. Build systems that literally save lives. Rapidly grow professionally. Get opportunities to work on stuff you normally wouldn't. Learn from a team of smart, hard working, collegial people. Be early stage in a company with great potential. Free lunch, free parking, low cost gym in the building.

Cons

Hard work and high performance is expected every day. During crunch times we put in long hours.

5.0

Aug 13, 2025

Good place to work

Program finance manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Exciting company with a great mission and exciting tech.

Cons

The finance department was struggling at the time, but was on an upward trajectory.

5.0

Jul 21, 2025

Best place I will ever work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Intelligent, kind, hard working people Extreme ownership, engineers are enabled to do whatever they need Best in class products

Cons

The work can be hard. Shield takes on projects where others have failed

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