# Staff Engineer, Tool Design (R4967) at Shield AI

- Company: Shield AI
- Role group: Manufacturing Engineering
- Location: Seattle, Washington
- Type: Full Time Employee
- Remote: no
- Posted: 2026-09-02
- Status: active
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/e3467197-7f30-4a63-afad-51b7794fda2a?ref=companies-hiring.click

## Description

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:
The Senior Tool Design Engineer brings 7+ years of experience developing production tooling for complex aerospace systems. This role owns tooling throughout its lifecycle (concept, design, analysis, release, fabrication, and prove-out) ensuring safe, repeatable, first-time-right assembly. You will work cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Quality, and Safety to deliver robust tooling that supports pilot builds through rate production.
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