Staff Engineer, Industrial (R4300)
Shield AI · Dallas, TX · Aircraft Operations Division
principal
software engineering
Principal Engineer
tech_leadership
7+ yrs Bachelor's
· Posted Dec 15, 2025
$120,000 – $190,000
USD per-year-salary
Skills
About this role
Shield AI is hiring a principal-level Principal Engineer in the software engineering function based in Dallas, TX. The posting calls out experience with Agile and roughly 7+ years of relevant work. Listed education preference: a bachelor's degree or equivalent. Compensation is listed at $120,000–$190,000 per-year-salary.
- Role
- Principal Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- principal
- Track
- Tech leadership
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Dallas, TX
- Experience
- 7+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Department
- Aircraft Operations Division
- Posted
- Dec 15, 2025
AI Summary
Senior Production Engineer designs high-efficiency manufacturing systems, material flow layouts, and pilot cells for aerospace production. Maps workflows, creates 2D/3D models, runs simulations, and leads cross-functional reviews. Requires 7+ years factory layout and industrial engineering experience with aerospace or advanced hardware background.
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Job description
from Shield AI careersFounded 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.
Job Description:
The Senior Production Engineer applies 7+ years of experience designing high-efficiency manufacturing systems, material flow loops, and pilot cell layouts for aerospace or advanced hardware production. You will architect end to end workflows from point-of-use material presentation to full-factory flow modeling ensuring takt compliance, ergonomic operations, and scalable production readiness.
What you'll do:
- Map current-state flow: cycle/takt times, operator walk paths, WIP, supermarkets/kitting strategies, replenishment loops.
- Produce detailed 2D layouts and 3D/VR models with utilities, rack placement, POUs, FIFO lanes, safety zones, and equipment footprints.
- Run capacity analysis, line balancing, buffer sizing, and kanban calculations.
- Define material presentation (kitting, bulk, sequencing) and packaging standards for mechanical/composite/electrical parts.
- Lead cross-functional layout design reviews with ME, IE, Quality, EHS, and Production.
- Run discrete-event simulations (Plant Simulation/FlexSim/AnyLogic) to test throughput, sensitivity, and bottlenecks.
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