# Staff Engineer, Manufacturing

**Company**: Shield AI
**Location**: Seattle, Washington
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: staff
**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 a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems.

As a Staff Manufacturing Engineer, you'll take ownership of critical manufacturing processes across multiple programs, leading initiatives to increase throughput, reduce costs, and scale operations.

## What You'll Do:

- Act as a technical leader across programs, owning the design and optimization of high-impact manufacturing processes.

- Drive the scale-up of the flagship product line, balancing throughput, quality, and cost.

- Lead the manufacturing engineering effort for launching a new production line for a larger and more capable jet.

- Scope and deploy critical production infrastructure, including manufacturing equipment, tooling, and hardware/software systems.

- Engage with vendors to source and integrate capital equipment, production tools, and automation systems.

- Mentor engineers and production personnel to build organizational capability and technical depth.

- Champion cross-functional initiatives that standardize and improve manufacturing performance at scale.

## Required Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field, or relevant experience.

- 7+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, with a focus in rapid growth environments.

- Experience in owning the scale of production processes in a startup or rapid-growth environment.

- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, including machining, composites, avionics and/or assembly.

- Experience with process improvement methodologies, such as Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma.

- Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment and adapt to changing priorities.

## Preferred Qualifications:

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

- Proficiency in CAD software.

- Familiarity with advanced manufacturing technologies, such as additive manufacturing or automation systems.

- Knowledge of ERP/MRP systems and data-driven decision-making in a manufacturing context.

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

- Strong project management skills, including experience managing multiple priorities and deadlines.

## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Industrial Engineering
- Lean Manufacturing
- Six Sigma

### Nice to have
- CAD software
- advanced manufacturing technologies
- ERP/MRP systems
- project management

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