Shieldai17d ago

Staff Engineer, Manufacturing (R4656)

MelbourneInternational Office Entitylead

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Establish and manage production infrastructure, including equipment selection, calibration, maintenance, and tooling procurement. Support production builds through quality control checks,

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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. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Manufacturing Engineer to lead and mature our manufacturing and production capabilities. This role is responsible for establishing robust manufacturing processes, production systems, and quality practices to support low-volume, high-value products from prototype through production.

You will work closely with engineering, supply chain, and quality teams to ensure products are manufacturable, traceable, and built to the required standards in a regulated environment.

Manufacturing & Production Engineering:

Develop, document, and maintain manufacturing processes, procedures, and work instructions for mechanical, electrical, and electromechanical assemblies.

Support small production runs of high-value products, including occasional hands-on involvement to validate and refine manufacturing processes.

Establish and continuously improve production workflows, tooling, fixtures, and assembly methods.

Act as the primary manufacturing interface for engineering teams, providing input on DFM, and DFA.

Quality Systems & Compliance:

Operate within and help maintain an ISO 9001 compliant manufacturing environment.

Develop manufacturing records, support test reports and build documentation to ensure traceability and repeatability.

Support internal and external audits and drive corrective and preventive actions as needed.

Collaborate with quality teams to ensure production meets defined quality and reliability requirements.

Production Environment & Operations:

Establish and manage production infrastructure, including equipment selection, calibration, maintenance, and tooling procurement.

Support production builds through quality control checks, non-conforming material handling, and troubleshooting.

Support production planning, scheduling, and on-time delivery of assemblies.

Systems & Data:

Support the implementation and use of ERP, PLM, and PDM systems to manage production data, BOMs, revisions, and work orders.

Ensure alignment between engineering data and manufacturing execution.

7–10 years of experience in manufacturing engineering or production engineering, preferably in an optical, aerospace, defence, or other regulated industries.

Strong working knowledge of ISO 9001 and/or AS9100 quality systems.

Demonstrated experience developing manufacturing processes, work instructions, and production documentation.

Experience supporting low-volume, high-complexity, high-value products.

Ability to work autonomously while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.

Proven ability to establish or scale a production environment.

Familiarity with ERP, PLM, and PDM systems.