# Staff Engineer, Advanced Manufacturing - Special Projects (R4972)

**Company**: Shield AI
**Location**: Seattle, Washington
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: USD 150,000-230,000 per-year-salary
**Category**: Manufacturing
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Shield AI is seeking a Staff Engineer, Advanced Manufacturing - Special Projects to take ownership of critical manufacturing processes across multiple programs. The successful candidate will lead initiatives to increase throughput, reduce costs, and scale operations.

Responsibilities:

- Define the Bill of Process and manufacturing sequence for assigned subassemblies or cells.

- Map MBOM to operations, tooling needs, and process controls.

- Build ergonomic workstations.

- Create visual, operator-ready Work Instructions.

- Conduct time studies, compute takt/CT, identify bottlenecks, and lead kaizen improvements.

- Establish standardized work, visual controls, job aids, and layered audit systems.

- Capture shop-floor lessons learned defects, build issues, tooling feedback and drive root cause and corrective action.

- Partner with Quality on in-process checks, error-proofing, and FAI readiness.

- Implement ECOs, validate process updates, and maintain work instructions accordingly.

Requirements:

- Currently hold a Top Secret clearance.

- 7+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, production systems, process development, or assembly engineering.

- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Mechatronics, or related STEM field.

- Experience in prototype manufacturing in a startup or rapid-growth environment.

- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes.

Preferred qualifications:

- Knowledge of quality standards, such as AS9100 or ISO 9001.

- Proficiency in CAD software.

- Familiarity with advanced manufacturing technologies.

- Hands-on experience with manufacturing equipment and tooling design.

- Strong project management skills.

## Skills

### Required
- MES/QMS systems
- torque analyzers
- Minitab/Excel
- lean/5S
- PFMEA
- ergonomic assessment tools
- Control Plans
- Standard Operating Procedures

### Nice to have
- CAD software
- advanced manufacturing technologies
- manufacturing equipment and tooling design
- project management

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