Staff Engineer Manufacturing Equipment R4592

Staff Engineer Manufacturing Equipment R4592

Dallas, Texas

Operations Division - Production

Full Time Employee

On-site

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Founded in 2015 Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft Hivemind Enterprise and the Hivemind Vision product lines. Withoffices and facilities across the U.S. Europe the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific Shield AIs 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.

What youll do

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

Required qualifications

Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering Mechatronics or a related field

8 years of experience supporting production equipment test racks or test cells in a manufacturing or test environment

Strong hands-on experience with electromechanical systems controls instrumentation and data acquisition

Proven ability to troubleshoot complex equipment issues across hardware software and controls domains

Experience developing and maintaining technical documentation for production equipment

Ability to work effectively on the factory floor and in cross-functional engineering teams

Preferred qualifications

Experience supporting automated or semi-automated production and test equipment

Familiarity with PLCs HMIs industrial networks or test software e.g. LabVIEW Python or similar

Experience with equipment safety standards lockouttagout and risk assessments

Background in scaling equipment from prototype or low-rate production to higher-rate manufacturing

Experience mentoring engineers or leading technical projects without direct authority

120000 - 190000 a year

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Full-time regular employee offer package Pay within range listed Bonus Benefits Equity

Temporary employee offer package Pay within range listed above temporary benefits package applicable after 60 days of employment

Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set level of experience licenses and certifications and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.

Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed toequal employment opportunity regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age marital status disability gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation please let us know.

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