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Shield AI, a venture-backed defense-tech company, is seeking an experienced Staff Logistics Manager for Support Equipment to lead logistics planning and sustainment activities for a next-generation autonomous aircraft system (UAS program). This role spans design, development, integration, flight test, production, and operational sustainment phases.
You will own integrated logistics support products including maintenance concepts, support equipment design, provisioning inputs, spares planning, and sustainment documentation. Key responsibilities include performing and managing Maintenance Task Analysis to define preventive and corrective maintenance requirements, task frequencies, tools, support equipment, skill levels, labor hours, and maintenance levels. You'll develop and maintain Logistics Control Number structures to support provisioning, maintenance planning, technical documentation, configuration tracking, and sustainment data management.
You will lead support equipment design, development, and implementation across all Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), managing both common ground support equipment and peculiar support equipment. Supply support activities are central to the role: spares analysis, provisioning, parts forecasting, inventory planning, reorder recommendations, repair pipeline coordination, sustainment risk identification, and obsolescence management. You'll coordinate with suppliers, depots, repair vendors, and internal teams to ensure timely availability of parts and logistics resources.
Additional responsibilities include supporting proposal development, basis of estimate inputs, staffing plans, sustainment strategies, and logistics cost estimates for new and existing UAS programs. You must ensure all logistics activities comply with applicable defense standards, contract requirements, export control requirements, and company processes.
Shield AI's products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation technologies. The company operates offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in logistics, engineering, supply chain, aviation maintenance, business, or related field; equivalent military or defense logistics experience may substitute for degree
- 8+ years of experience supporting UAS or fighter aircraft logistics and sustainment
- Demonstrated experience with Maintenance Task Analysis and development of maintenance planning data
- Expertise with Logistics Control Number structures and their use in provisioning, maintenance planning, and supportability analysis
- Experience with Reliability and Maintainability principles, including failure modes, maintainability drivers, reliability growth, availability metrics, field performance analysis, and LORA development
- Hands-on supply support experience: spares planning, provisioning, inventory management, parts forecasting, repairables management, and sustainment execution
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings, bills of material, configuration data, maintenance data, and technical documentation
- Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, program management, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, field service, and customer teams
- Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills with ability to lead logistics efforts in fast-paced program environment
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Proven experience with integrated product support elements (product support management, supply support, support equipment, manpower and personnel, facilities, maintenance planning)
- Experience as Support Equipment specialist or Field Support engineer on 4th or 5th generation weapons systems
- Knowledge of MIL-STD-1388, GEIA-STD-0007, SAE TA-STD-0017, MIL-HDBK-502A, or related product support standards
- Experience developing logistics inputs for CDRLs, technical manuals, maintenance plans, provisioning data, sparing recommendations, or lifecycle sustainment plans
- Experience with ERP, PLM, or MRP systems (SAP, Oracle, Costpoint, Teamcenter, Arena, Windchill, or similar)
- Active and current security clearance with ability to obtain SAP clearance
