Senior Manager, Sustainment (R5305)

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube. 

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Manager, Sustainment and Product Health to establish, scale, and lead the aircraft division’s sustainment and product health organization. Reporting to the Director, Fleet Sustainment, this leader will build the team structure, operating model, processes, metrics, and execution rhythm needed to support a growing fleet of advanced aircraft systems.

This role leads a multidisciplinary team spanning Fleet Sustainment Operations, Reliability Data Engineering, Sustainment Analytics, Configuration and Change Control, Reliability and Maintainability Engineering, Sustainment Project Management, MRB Engineering, Structures Sustainment, and Obsolescence and Lifecycle Management.

The Senior Manager will convert fleet data, maintenance activity, field failures, configuration changes, repair needs, and lifecycle risks into coordinated actions that improve fleet readiness, operational availability, reliability, maintainability, repairability, and long-term supportability.

This is a builder-leader role for someone who can create structure, lead technical teams, and drive disciplined execution in a fast-paced fielded aircraft environment.