Staff Engineer, Supply Chain (R6215)

Shield AI is hiring a Staff Engineer, Supply Chain (R6215) in Seattle, United States. It pays $170k-$260k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Shield AI.

Level's read on this job

On Level's scale, this role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
The posting mentions supplier development, quality engineering and supply chain among its tools and skills.
Level classes it as a senior role.
Shield AI has 667 other open roles on Level.

AI in this role

Staff Supplier Development Engineer needed to enhance machining supplier performance and scaling at Shield AI.

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Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and 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:

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Supplier Development Engineer to join Shield AI, focusing on machined parts. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in supplier development, quality engineering, production process improvement, and supply chain management within the aerospace industry. This role is critical in enhancing supplier performance by solving supplier challenges that impact quality/on-time delivery/scaling, supporting the onboarding of suppliers to new designs, and delivering on our mission to deliver affordable and autonomous mass at scale.

How we rate this

Staff Engineer, Supply Chain (R6215) at Shield AI rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Staff Engineer, Supply Chain (R6215) is an open job at Shield AI.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The listed salary is $170k-$260k a year.
The role is based in Seattle, Washington.
The job was posted on October 10, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Shield AI. Apply on Shield AI

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Supplier DevelopmentQuality EngineeringSupply ChainAerospaceMachined Parts

Questions you could be asked

Tell me about a project where supplier development was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where quality engineering was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where supply chain was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where aerospace was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where machined parts was part of your work. What did you do?

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List these exact terms on your resume: Supplier Development, Quality Engineering, Supply Chain, Aerospace, and Machined Parts. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.

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