Senior Staff Manufacturing Engineer — Jet Production

Shieldai; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Staff Advance Manufacturing Engineer to own critical manufacturing processes for a next-generation jet production line. You will steer capital equipment selection, tooling, and MES integration while mentoring other engineers and collaborating across engineering, supply chain, and production.

The role requires deep manufacturing expertise, experience with AS9100/ISO 9001 quality systems, and hands-on development of production environments in a fast-paced setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Mechatronics, or related STEM field.
• 10+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, production systems, process development, or assembly engineering.
• Experience in prototype manufacturing in a startup or rapid-growth environment.
• Knowledge of quality standards such as AS9100 or ISO 9001.
• Hands-on experience with manufacturing equipment and tooling design.
• Strong project management skills, including experience managing multiple priorities and deadlines.

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.

Skills

Project management

Lean manufacturing

Process optimization

Cross-functional leadership

Kaizen

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Mechatronics, or related STEM field

Tools

MES/QMS systems

Minitab

Excel

CAD software

Torque analyzers

Job description

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Staff Advance Manufacturing Engineer to own critical manufacturing processes for a next-generation jet production line. You will steer capital equipment selection, tooling, and MES integration while mentoring other engineers and collaborating across engineering, supply chain, and production.

The role requires deep manufacturing expertise, experience with AS9100/ISO 9001 quality systems, and hands-on development of production environments in a fast-paced setting.