Senior Ground Vehicle Manufacturing Engineer

Shieldai; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Equity

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking a Staff Ground Vehicle Advanced Manufacturing Engineer in Seattle to lead manufacturing engineering for advanced ground mobility systems.

You will own the development of scalable production processes, define work instructions, and work cross-functionally with design, quality, and supply chain to ensure producibility and reliability of chassis, driveline, hydraulics, and mobility platforms.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of manufacturing engineering in automotive, mobility, heavy equipment, or defense vehicle systems.
• Experience in prototype manufacturing in a startup or rapid-growth environment.
• Experience with vehicle integration, hydraulics, chassis, and braking systems.
• Knowledge of welding, fabrication, and structural assembly processes.
• Familiarity with lean manufacturing and production optimization.
• Experience with ERP/MES systems and manufacturing data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead manufacturing engineering activities for vehicle and mobility systems.
• Develop and optimize manufacturing processes, tooling, work instructions, and production flows for chassis, suspension, braking, hydraulics, and mobility platforms.
• Support vehicle integration, testing, and production readiness activities.
• Partner with design engineering to improve manufacturability, reliability, testability, and producibility.
• Drive root cause investigations and corrective actions for manufacturing issues.
• Develop work instructions, quality standards, and inspection methods.
• Support supplier qualification, process validation, and production readiness reviews.
• Lead DFM/DFA reviews and transition new products into manufacturing.
• Define manufacturing standards, process controls, and acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with production, quality, supply chain, and test engineering teams.
• Mentor junior manufacturing engineers.

Skills

Lead projects

DFM/DFA

Root cause analysis

Lean manufacturing

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelors in Mechanical/Manufacturing Eng

Tools

3DEXPERIENCE

Teamcenter PLM

ERP/MES

Job description

Shield AI is seeking a Staff Ground Vehicle Advanced Manufacturing Engineer in Seattle to lead manufacturing engineering for advanced ground mobility systems.

You will own the development of scalable production processes, define work instructions, and work cross-functionally with design, quality, and supply chain to ensure producibility and reliability of chassis, driveline, hydraulics, and mobility platforms.