# Staff Engineer, Integration Advance Manufacturing

**Company:** [Shield AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/shield-ai)
**Location:** Seattle, WA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $150k – $230k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Mes, Qms, 3Dexperience, Teamcenter, Plm, Dfm/Dfa, Root Cause Analysis, Corrective Actions, CAD, ERP, As9100, Iso 9001, 5S
**Posted:** 2026-09-02

> Leads final system integration, assembly processes, and production readiness for complex aerospace and defense platforms. Requires 7+ years of manufacturing engineering or systems integration experience, a bachelor’s degree, and multidisciplinary electrical and mechanical integration expertise.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead manufacturing integration 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, inspection methods, manufacturing standards, process controls, and acceptance criteria.
- Lead DFM/DFA reviews and transition new products into manufacturing.
- Support system integration, validation, troubleshooting, failure analysis, and reliability improvements.
- Collaborate with production, quality, supply chain, and test engineering teams.
- Mentor junior manufacturing engineers.

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

## Nice to Have
- Aerospace or defense integration experience.
- Experience supporting autonomous systems, UAVs, or advanced mobility platforms.
- Familiarity with low-rate initial production (LRIP), production scaling, factory integration, and manufacturing-line design.
- Experience with ERP/MES systems and manufacturing data analysis.
- Project management experience involving multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Knowledge of AS9100 or ISO 9001 quality standards.
- Proficiency with CAD software.

## Tools and Practices
- MES and QMS systems
- 3DEXPERIENCE and Teamcenter
- PLM systems
- Supplier manufacturing processes
- 5S and visual management
- Standard operating procedures (SOPs)

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