Staff Engineer, Supply Chain (R6215)
Seattle · USD 170,000-260,000 / year · Onsite · Posted Oct 10, 2026
At a glance
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Location
- Seattle
- Salary
- USD 170,000-260,000 / year
About the role
- Shield AI is seeking a Staff Engineer, Supply Chain to support its defense-tech operations.
- The role involves auditing supplier processes, ensuring quality assurance, and providing engineering technical support.
Responsibilities
- Process Improvement: Audit and embed into core supplier processes to understand improvement opportunities to cost, lead-times, and quality
- Quality Assurance: Conduct on-site audits to root cause supplier quality issues or performance challenges
- Supplier Development: Assess and improve supplier capabilities, ensuring alignment with engineering and operational priorities
- Engineering Technical Support: Provide technical guidance to suppliers on part specifications, manufacturing processes and standards, and quality measures
- Supplier Performance Monitoring: Track and analyze supplier performance metrics, including delivery, quality, and cost, and implement corrective actions and continuous improvement plans as necessary
- Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks within the supply chain to ensure uninterrupted production and delivery of components
- New Product Introduction (NPI): Support the introduction of new products by ensuring suppliers meet all quality and delivery requirements during the development phase
Requirements
- 7 plus years of supply chain, manufacturing engineering, process engineering,
- CAD (SolidWorks, NX, CATIA, etc.)
- Excel / data analysis
- PLM or ERP systems
- Travel up to 50% including international
- Can read drawings + GD&T confidently
- Understand machining/welding/forming processes
- Led root cause investigations (8D, 5 Whys)
- Worked with suppliers or production lines
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Equity
Workplace
- Travel up to 50% including international
Skills
- SolidWorks
- NX
- CATIA
- Excel
- PLM
- ERP
- GD&T
