# Staff Engineer, Manufacturing Equipment (R4592)
**Company:** [Shield AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/shield-ai)
**Location:** Dallas, TX
**Salary:** $120K-$190K
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Electromechanical Systems, Plcs, Hmis, Labview, Python, Data Acquisition, Controls, Instrumentation, Industrial Networks, Automation
**Posted:** 2026-03-18
> Leads development, sustainment, and improvement of manufacturing production equipment, test racks, and test cells. Drives reliability, troubleshooting, and cross-team collaboration with 8+ years experience in electromechanical systems.
## Job Description
## Responsibilities
- 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
- **Bachelor’s 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**)
- Experience with equipment safety standards, **lockout/tagout**, 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
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