Staff Advanced Manufacturing Engineer - Jet Production

Shieldai; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking a Staff Advance Manufacturing Engineer to own critical production processes for a next-generation jet program. You will deploy capital equipment, implement hardware/software tools, and establish robust shop-floor production systems across multiple programs.

You will mentor engineers, work cross-functionally with engineering, supply chain, and production, and drive kaizen, standardized work, and ECOs to scale operations in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, production systems, process development, or assembly engineering.
• Top Secret clearance required.
• Experience with prototype manufacturing in startup or rapid-growth environment.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes including machining, composites, avionics and/or assembly.
• Knowledge of AS9100 or ISO 9001.

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.
• Hands-on experience with manufacturing equipment and tooling design.

Skills

Lean manufacturing

Minitab

Excel

Torque analyzers

DOE

SPC

PFMEA

Ergonomics

Control Plans

SOPs

CAD

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Industrial/Mechatronics

Tools

MES/QMS systems

Torque analyzers

CAD software

Job description

Shield AI is seeking a Staff Advance Manufacturing Engineer to own critical production processes for a next-generation jet program. You will deploy capital equipment, implement hardware/software tools, and establish robust shop-floor production systems across multiple programs.

You will mentor engineers, work cross-functionally with engineering, supply chain, and production, and drive kaizen, standardized work, and ECOs to scale operations in a fast-paced environment.