# Senior Supervisor, Engineering Technician

**Company:** [Shield AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/shield-ai)
**Location:** Dallas, TX
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $110k – $170k/yr
**Experience:** 6+ years
**Skills:** Avionics Systems, Aircraft Electrical Systems, Schematics Interpretation, Electrical Troubleshooting, Test Equipment, Multimeters, Oscilloscopes, Power Supplies, Signal Generators, Pcbas, Harnesses, Root Cause Analysis, Team Supervision, Aerospace Manufacturing
**Posted:** 2026-07-09

> Supervise and provide hands-on technical leadership to a team of engineering technicians performing avionics integration, testing, debugging, troubleshooting, and production/flight support on complex aircraft systems. Requires 6+ years avionics/electrical experience plus 2+ years supervising technicians, with strong schematic reading and test equipment skills.

## Job Description

## What you'll do

- Directly supervise professional and skilled engineering technicians supporting avionics system testing, integration, debugging, production support, maintenance support, and flight support activities.
- Execute team assignments based on defined objectives, approved processes, engineering direction, production priorities, and program schedules.
- Read, interpret, and apply harness schematics, PCBA schematics, wiring diagrams, interface control documents, engineering drawings, test procedures, work instructions, and production documentation.
- Support avionics integration and test activities from bench-level checkout through subsystem, aircraft, production, maintenance, and flight-support environments.
- Work closely with engineers to support hardware bring-up, design verification, test execution, root-cause investigations, corrective actions, and design or process improvements.
- Partner with production teams to resolve build issues, installation problems, test failures, rework needs, hardware readiness concerns, and schedule constraints.
- Collaborate with quality teams to ensure work complies with inspection requirements, workmanship standards, configuration control expectations, nonconformance processes, and approved procedures.
- Coordinate with supply chain teams to communicate material shortages, suspect hardware, part replacement needs, supplier issues, and impacts to build, test, or flight-readiness schedules.
- Support maintenance technicians and flight support team members during aircraft checkout, avionics troubleshooting, system modification, ground test, and flight readiness activities.
- Administer company policies and procedures directly affecting employees, including expectations related to safety, quality, attendance, work assignments, training, performance, compliance, and conduct.
- Interpret policies, procedures, and work instructions to determine appropriate action when resolving routine employee, operational, quality, or technical execution issues.
- Analyze data and relevant factors, including test results, failure trends, technician workload, schedule performance, hardware status, quality findings, material availability, and operational risks.
- Develop, manage, and adjust routine operational plans to support daily priorities, weekly execution, production needs, integration milestones, maintenance activities, flight support, and monthly targets.
- Use and oversee use of electrical and avionics test equipment, including multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, signal generators, breakout boxes, bus analyzers, automated test equipment, and related lab or production tools.
- Drive continuous improvement in technician training, troubleshooting methods, test procedures, documentation quality, tooling, workflow, and operational execution.

## Required qualifications

- 6+ years of hands-on experience with avionics systems, aircraft electrical systems, electronics, harnesses, PCBAs, integrated test environments, or complex hardware systems.
- 2+ years of experience directly supervising, leading, training, or coordinating skilled technicians in an engineering, production, test, aerospace, aviation, maintenance, or advanced manufacturing environment.
- Ability to read and interpret harness schematics, PCBA schematics, wiring diagrams, engineering drawings, test procedures, and work instructions.
- Experience performing avionics or electrical troubleshooting across wiring, connectors, PCBAs, power systems, sensors, communication interfaces, test equipment, and integrated systems.
- Experience using electrical and avionics test equipment such as multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, signal generators, analyzers, breakout boxes, and automated test systems.
- Demonstrated ability to provide guidance and training to technicians during hands-on technical work.
- Demonstrated ability to execute assignments based on defined objectives, established processes, schedule priorities, and operational targets.
- Experience administering workplace policies, reinforcing safety and quality standards, and supporting employee performance expectations.
- Ability to analyze technical data, test results, operational constraints, schedule risks, quality findings, and resource availability to determine appropriate next steps.
- Sound judgment in prioritizing work, assigning resources, escalating risks, and making decisions within defined objectives and processes.
- Ability to work effectively with engineering, production, quality, supply chain, maintenance technicians, flight support team members, subordinate supervisors, and functional peers.

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