# Senior Staff Engineer, Advanced Manufacturing

**Company**: Shield AI
**Location**: Dallas
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $150,000 - $230,000 a year
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/38657de3-7e8d-4be8-80a4-e898a68727e6
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_ca7cbcd3-79e

## Description

The Senior Staff NPI Manufacturing Engineer will leverage 10+ years of experience establishing manufacturing sequences, standardized work, ergonomic workstations, and MES-driven instructions for aerospace assemblies. This role drives production stability during early builds and rate acceleration by developing repeatable processes, eliminating waste, and enhancing quality.

### 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 (height/reach zones, shadow boards, calibrated torque tools, ESD controls, POU materials).

- Create visual, operator-ready Work Instructions with torque specs, PPE, inspection points, and MES revision control.

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

- Establish standardized work, visual controls, job aids, and layered audit systems; iterate with operators.

- 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:

- 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, including machining, composites, avionics and/or assembly.

- 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.

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

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

## Skills

### Required
- MES/QMS systems
- torque analyzers
- Minitab/Excel (SPC, capability, DOE)
- lean/5S
- PFMEA
- ergonomic assessment tools
- Control Plans
- Standard Operating Procedures

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