Shift5

Field Engineer

• Support and execute on-site and remote deployments of Shift5’s platform across customer environments (rail, aviation, defense).
• Assist with installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of hardware and software systems.
• Partner closely with Engineering, Customer Success, and Program teams to ensure successful implementations.
• Drive measurable impact in deployment success, system uptime, and customer satisfaction.
• Identify and act on opportunities to improve deployment processes, documentation, and repeatability.
• Navigate operational technology (OT) environments and customer site constraints, including secure or regulated environments.
• Contribute directly to scaling Shift5’s field operations and deployment capabilities.

Compliance

• Own the top-level DoD compliance strategy, navigating the unique software and hardware requirements for each military branch. Build and formalize a scalable compliance governance program, including policy development, review boards, documentation standards, and audit preparation processes.
• Manage and grow a compliance team responsible for documentation, control validation, and program-level coordination.
• Establish structured compliance review gates prior to product release to ensure contractual and regulatory requirements are satisfied. Ensure appropriate technical controls are defined and implemented by engineering teams, and validate their effectiveness through structured review and audit processes.
• Travel up to 30% to customer sites to interface with DoD stakeholders and ensure seamless delivery of compliant systems. Serve as the primary compliance representative to DoD stakeholders, auditors, and accreditation authorities.
• Partner closely with the broader engineering team to integrate compliance into the development lifecycle. Maintain risk registers and POA&M tracking, providing executive-level reporting on compliance posture and risk burn-down across programs.

Head of Compliance

Program Manager

• Lead and execute defense programs across cost, schedule, technical performance, and contractual compliance.
• Own integrated program plans, schedules, budgets, risk registers, and performance tracking mechanisms.
• Partner closely with engineering, product, growth, finance, legal, and executive leadership to align delivery with customer expectations.
• Drive measurable impact in program predictability, customer satisfaction, and revenue realization.
• Identify and act on opportunities to improve execution rigor, reporting cadence, and cross-functional coordination.
• Navigate DoD acquisition environments including FAR/DFARS contracts, OTAs, and gated technical reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR).
• Contribute directly to scalable program infrastructure as Shift5 expands across Army, Air Force, and other defense programs.