Shield AI
Staff Engineer, Manufacturing Equipment
Seattle, WA · On-site · Staff
- Discipline
- Manufacturing
- Industry
- Defense
Spec sheet
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Aircraft Operations Division
Staff Equipment Engineer to lead development, sustainment, and improvement of production equipment, test racks, and test cells supporting manufacturing and system-level testing; highly hands-on, collaborates with Manufacturing, Test, Quality, and Design Engineering to improve safety, uptime, and throughput.
Required
- production equipment
- electromechanical equipment
- test racks
- test cells
- manufacturing
- uptime improvements
- throughput improvements
- sustainment
Preferred
- Safety
- uptime
- rit test automation
- design engineering collaboration
- production readiness
- equipment reliability
Employer 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-BAT aircraft, 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. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.
Job Description:
We are seeking a Staff Equipment Engineer to lead the development, sustainment, and improvement of production equipment, test racks, and test cells supporting manufacturing and system-level testing. This role is highly hands-on and works closely with Manufacturing, Test, Quality, and Design Engineering teams to ensure equipment reliability, scalability, and readiness for production. The ideal candidate has deep experience supporting complex electromechanical equipment in a production environment and driving improvements across safety, uptime, and throughput.
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