Aerospace Production Lead - Avionics & Electrical

Shield AI; Dallas, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Equity

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead a team of avionics and electrical assembly technicians, integration, testing, and troubleshooting for advanced autonomous aircraft development programs.

The role builds disciplined production environments, drives schedule performance, and ensures configuration‑management compliance while guiding continuous improvement across production operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Technology, Analytics, or equivalent technical field.
• 5+ years leading technicians or teams in aerospace/defense/manufacturing.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead technicians in avionics and electrical assembly, integration, functional testing, troubleshooting, rework, inspection support, and flight‑readiness activities.
• Oversee work assignment, workload prioritization, coaching, mentoring, training, performance feedback, and development of operating plans.
• Ensure manufacturing environments meet safety, workmanship standards, calibration, tool control, and configuration‑management requirements.
• Guide root‑cause analysis across electrical, electronics, wiring, sensors, power, and data interfaces.
• Read and apply schematics, wiring diagrams, ICDs, BOMs, and test procedures.
• Use production data to identify risks, drive continuous improvement, and address issues.
• Lead readiness for prototype, developmental, pre‑production, and first‑article VBAT hardware/software.
• Develop prototype and pre-production build schedules and milestones.
• Coordinate with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Engineering, and Production Planning to ensure readiness.

Job description

Shield AI is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead a team of avionics and electrical assembly technicians, integration, testing, and troubleshooting for advanced autonomous aircraft development programs.

The role builds disciplined production environments, drives schedule performance, and ensures configuration‑management compliance while guiding continuous improvement across production operations.