Shield AI
Staff Engineer, Electrical System Advance Manufacturing (R5183)
Seattle, Washington · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 24, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years of manufacturing engineering experience supporting complex electrical systems.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field.
About the job
Leads development, integration, production support, and process improvement for electrical and avionics manufacturing across aerospace and defense platforms.
What you'll do
- Lead electrical manufacturing engineering from prototype through full-rate production, including process, tooling, work-instruction, and production-flow development.
- Drive manufacturability reviews, root-cause investigations, corrective actions, supplier qualification, and production readiness.
- Establish assembly and quality standards and collaborate across engineering, production, quality, supply chain, and test teams.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of manufacturing engineering experience supporting complex electrical systems.
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience in prototype manufacturing in a startup or rapid-growth environment.
- Experience with wiring harness manufacturing, EWIS standards, PCB/PCBA manufacturing and assembly, electrical integration and troubleshooting, aerospace or defense electrical systems, DFM/DFA, and root-cause/corrective-action methods.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with IPC-A-610 or IPC/WHMA-A-620; knowledge of AS9100 or ISO 9001.
- Experience with flight hardware or mission-critical systems, automated test systems, ERP/MES, manufacturing data analysis, or CAD.
Tools
MES, QMS, 3DEXPERIENCE, Teamcenter, SOPs, IPC-A-610, IPC/WHMA-A-620, AS9100
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