Senior Engineer, Manufacturing - Material Flow (R4547)
Shield AI
Dallas, TX, USA
Posted on Feb 25, 2026
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.
Job Description:
Shield AI’s Manufacturing Team is looking for a Sr. Material Flow Engineer to join us. You will have the responsibility to develop and optimize Shield AI’s warehousing and material flow operations for best-in-class quality, reliability, speed, and asset utilization. This role involves using lean material flow principles, data analytics, problem solving, and modeling, to ensure the safe, efficient, and cost-effective movement of all materials.
What you'll do:
- Develop and implement layouts for material flow and storage to achieve targeted inventory levels for new and existing facilities. Ensure that storage strategies are aligned across the supply chain.
- Design and implement strategies for efficient material flow from receipt to production lineside and any reverse logistics required. Use value stream mapping to ensure end-to-end process optimization.
- Develop packaging solutions for use inside Shield AI facilities and between suppliers. Coordinate with internal teams and suppliers to ensure packages are optimized for efficiency, part safety, and logistics density.
- Create capacity models to ensure we have adequate storage solutions.
Required qualifications:
- Degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent experience
- 5+ years in an engineering role in a manufacturing environment, preferably working directly on material flow engineering solutions
- Ability to read technical documentation such as drawings and CAD data
Preferred qualifications:
- Demonstrated leadership driving projects from concept to completion
- Experience with material handling equipment and packaging design and implementation
- Experience with factory design and set up
- Experience with value stream mapping, continuous flow, single piece flow, and workstation design
- Understanding of a variety of hardware manufacturing processes for both electronics (PCBAs, sensor hardware, etc.) and structures, mechanical components, and electromechanical systems
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Full-time regular employee offer package:
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Temporary employee offer package:
Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)
Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.
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Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
100000 - 160000 USD a year