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Senior Supplier Development Engineer (R5487)

Shield AI· Aircraft Operations Division – Supply Chain
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Dallas, Texas$120k - $180kFull Time EmployeePosted 4w ago

About the role

Senior Supplier Development Engineer focused on harness assemblies and electronic components, responsible for improving supplier performance, onboarding suppliers to new designs, and enabling affordable, autonomous mass production.

Responsibilities

  • Enhance supplier performance by solving supplier challenges that impact quality, on-time delivery, and scaling.
  • Support onboarding of suppliers to new designs.
  • Deliver on Shield AI’s mission to enable affordable and autonomous mass production.

Qualifications

  • A degree in electrical, industrial, or mechanical engineering, or equivalent relevant experience.
  • Experience leading new-product industrialization and project management across engineering teams and contract manufacturers.
  • Strong working knowledge of wire harness and FPC/FFC assembly processes, including design rules for reliable production.
  • Practical experience with PPAP and structured problem-solving tools, including RCCA, fishbone analysis, process mapping, and 5S.
  • Direct experience improving supplier or contract-manufacturer quality, process capability, capacity, or production execution.
  • Ability to travel internationally up to 50% to engage suppliers.

Skills

Required:Electrical/Mechanical Engineering degreeNew-product industrializationWire harness and FPC/FFC assemblyPPAP and problem-solving toolsSupplier quality improvementTravel readiness

Benefits

  • Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
  • Temporary employee offer package: pay within range + temporary benefits (applicable after 60 days)
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Shield AI

Autonomy for the world.

Our mission is to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems.

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