Senior Electrical Manufacturing Engineer Avionics & Defense

Shieldai

Seattle (WA)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Job summary

Shield AI seeks a Staff Electrical Systems Advance Manufacturing Engineer to lead development, integration and production support of advanced electrical systems for aerospace platforms. You will drive manufacturability, production readiness, and continuous improvement across electrical assemblies and subsystems.

The role requires 7+ years in manufacturing engineering for complex electrical systems, experience with wiring harnesses, EWIS, PCBA, and avionics, and a strong background in DFM/DFA

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Manufacturing Engineering.
  • 7+ years in manufacturing engineering for complex electrical systems.
  • Experience with wiring harnesses, EWIS, PCB/PCBA, avionics.
  • Demonstrated ability in DFx, DFM/DFA and production scaling.
  • Aerospace or defense experience and IPC familiarity helpful.

Responsibilities

  • Lead manufacturing eng activities for electrical and avionics from prototype to full-rate production.
  • Develop processes, tooling, work instructions, and production flows.
  • Drive root cause investigations and corrective actions.
  • Collaborate with design, quality, supply chain, and test eng teams.
  • Mentor junior manufacturing engineers.
  • Lead DFM/DFA reviews and transition new products to manufacturing.
  • Support supplier qualification and production readiness reviews.
  • Define manufacturing standards, process controls, and acceptance criteria.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering
DFM / DFA
Root cause analysis
Project management
Production readiness
Aerospace manufacturing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

3DEXPERIENCE
Teamcenter
ERP / MES
QMS
CAD software

Job description

Shield AI seeks a Staff Electrical Systems Advance Manufacturing Engineer to lead development, integration and production support of advanced electrical systems for aerospace platforms. You will drive manufacturability, production readiness, and continuous improvement across electrical assemblies and subsystems.

The role requires 7+ years in manufacturing engineering for complex electrical systems, experience with wiring harnesses, EWIS, PCBA, and avionics, and a strong background in DFM/DFA

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