# Senior Supplier Development Engineer (R5487)

**Company**: Shield AI
**Location**: Remote
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Full Time Employee
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Shield AI is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Supplier Development Engineer to join their team, focusing on harness assemblies and electronic components.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in supplier development and supply chain management within the aerospace industry. This role is critical in enhancing supplier performance by solving supplier challenges that impact quality, on-time delivery, and scaling, supporting the onboarding of suppliers to new designs, and delivering on the mission to deliver affordable and autonomous mass at scale.

**Required Qualifications:**

- A degree in electrical, industrial, or mechanical engineering, or equivalent relevant experience.

- Experience leading new-product industrialization and project management across engineering teams and contract manufacturers.

- Strong working knowledge of wire harness and FPC/FFC assembly processes, including design rules for reliable production.

- Practical experience with PPAP and structured problem-solving tools, including RCCA, fishbone analysis, process mapping, and 5S.

- Direct experience improving supplier or contract-manufacturer quality, process capability, capacity, or production execution.

- Ability to travel internationally up to 50% to engage suppliers.

**Additional Information:**

- Full-time regular employee offer package: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity

- Temporary employee offer package: Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)

- Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check.

## Skills

### Required
- supplier development
- supply chain management
- electrical engineering
- industrial engineering
- mechanical engineering
- project management
- wire harness assembly
- FPC/FFC assembly
- PPAP
- RCCA
- fishbone analysis
- process mapping
- 5S

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