Staff Equipment Engineer – Production Automation & Test Racks

Shieldai; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Equity

Job summary

Shield AI invites applications for a Staff Equipment Engineer to lead the development, sustainment, and improvement of production equipment, test racks, and test cells in a manufacturing environment. The role emphasizes hands-on work on electromechanical systems, with close collaboration across Manufacturing, Test, Quality, and Design Engineering teams to ensure reliability and readiness for production.

You will own the equipment lifecycle, drive root-cause analysis, and implement corrective

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience with production equipment/test racks/test cells.
• Hands-on experience with electromechanical systems, controls, instrumentation, data acquisition.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex equipment across hardware, software, and controls domains.
• Experience documenting production equipment and procedures.
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical projects.
• Familiarity with PLCs, HMIs, industrial networks, LabVIEW or Python.
• Ability to work on the factory floor and in cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical lifecycle of production equipment, test racks, and test cells, from production readiness through sustainment and continuous improvement.
• Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis of equipment failures, downtime events, and test anomalies; implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Drive equipment reliability, availability, and maintainability (RAM) improvements to support production goals.
• Develop and maintain equipment documentation including schematics, BOMs, calibration plans, maintenance procedures, and operating instructions.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Test, and Quality teams to ensure equipment meets production, safety, and compliance requirements.
• Support equipment upgrades, obsolescence management, and capacity expansion as production scales.
• Define and execute equipment acceptance testing, validation, and handoff to production.
• Mentor junior engineers and technicians and provide technical leadership across equipment-related efforts.
• Manage external vendors and integrators as needed for equipment design, build, or modification.

Skills

Electromechanical systems

Controls

Instrumentation

Data acquisition

Troubleshooting

Technical documentation

Mentoring engineers

Project leadership

PLC / HMI familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field

Tools

LabVIEW

Python

Job description

Shield AI invites applications for a Staff Equipment Engineer to lead the development, sustainment, and improvement of production equipment, test racks, and test cells in a manufacturing environment. The role emphasizes hands-on work on electromechanical systems, with close collaboration across Manufacturing, Test, Quality, and Design Engineering teams to ensure reliability and readiness for production.

You will own the equipment lifecycle, drive root-cause analysis, and implement corrective