Staff Engineer, Supply Chain (R6228)

Shield; Texas; On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking a Supplier Development Engineer focused on machined parts to drive supplier performance, quality, and on-time delivery. You will lead onboarding of suppliers to new designs and work across engineering and manufacturing to scale production.

The role emphasizes problem-solving, process improvement, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver affordable autonomous systems.

Qualifications

• Experience in aerospace supplier development and quality systems.
• Strong root-cause analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Experience onboarding suppliers to new designs and changes.

Responsibilities

• Improve supplier performance, addressing quality, on-time delivery, and scaling.
• Lead onboarding of suppliers to new designs and specifications.
• Collaborate with design and manufacturing teams to ensure manufacturability and supply continuity.

Skills

Supplier development

Quality engineering

Production process improvement

Supply chain management

Job description

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BATaircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai.

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Supplier Development Engineer to join Shield AI, focusing on machined parts. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in supplier development, quality engineering, production process improvement, and supply chain management within the aerospace industry. This role is critical in enhancing supplier performance by solving supplier challenges that impact quality/on-time delivery/scaling, supporting the onboarding of suppliers to new designs, and delivering on our mission to deliver affordable and autonomous mass at scale.