# Staff Engineer, Integration Manufacturing

**Company:** [Shield AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/shield-ai)
**Location:** Dallas, TX
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $120k – $190k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Mes, Qms, 3Dexperience, Teamcenter, Plm, 5S, SOPs, DFM, Dfa, CAD, ERP, As9100, Iso 9001
**Posted:** 2026-06-12

> Lead final system integration and production readiness for complex aerospace/defense platforms. Requires 7+ years manufacturing/systems integration experience and a bachelor's in engineering.

## Job Description

## What you'll do
- Lead manufacturing integration activities across electrical, mechanical, propulsion, and vehicle systems
- Develop and optimize final assembly and integration processes
- Coordinate system-level builds, integration sequencing, and production flow planning
- Partner with design engineering to improve manufacturability, reliability, testability, and producibility
- Drive root cause investigations and corrective actions for integration and assembly issues
- Develop work instructions, quality standards, and inspection methods
- Lead DFM/DFA reviews and transition new products into manufacturing
- Support system integration, validation, and troubleshooting activities
- Define manufacturing standards, process controls, and acceptance criteria
- Support failure analysis and reliability improvement initiatives
- Collaborate with production, quality, supply chain, and test engineering teams
- Mentor junior manufacturing engineers

## Tools & Skills
- MES & QMS systems
- 3DEXPERIENCE / Teamcenter (PLM) systems
- Supplier manufacturing processes
- 5S/visual management
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

## Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of manufacturing engineering or systems integration experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical field
- Experience in prototype manufacturing in a startup or rapid-growth environment
- Experience with electrical and mechanical integration
- Experience with production operations
- Experience with manufacturing process development
- Experience with DFM/DFA principles
- Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment and adapt to changing priorities
- Knowledge of manufacturing process development and production scaling
- Strong understanding of DFM/DFA principles
- Experience with root cause analysis and corrective action methodologies

## Preferred Qualifications
- Aerospace or defense integration experience
- Experience supporting autonomous systems, UAVs, or advanced mobility platforms
- Familiarity with low-rate initial production (LRIP) and production scaling
- Experience with factory integration and manufacturing line design
- Experience with ERP/MES systems and manufacturing data analysis
- Strong project management skills, including experience managing multiple priorities and deadlines
- Knowledge of quality standards, such as AS9100 or ISO 9001
- Proficiency in CAD software

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