Engineer I Quality

Shield AI is a U.S. defense-technology company developing mission-autonomy software and autonomous aircraft for military and allied operations.

San Diego, United States
About Shield AI

Founded in 2015, Shield AI builds Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft for operations in contested, GPS- and communications-denied environments. Its current site also presents Aechelon synthetic-reality simulation and Vision Systems detection and tracking products.

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Candidate Availability

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About the Role

You will support quality engineering throughout XBAT development and production transition. You will identify product and process risks, participate in reviews, investigate failures, manage nonconformances, support verification activities and audits, and maintain quality procedures, documentation, and objective evidence.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Quality Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
  • 0–3 years of engineering, quality, manufacturing, test, or related experience

Responsibilities

  • Support Quality Engineering activities across the XBAT product development lifecycle
  • Identify product risks and establish appropriate controls
  • Participate in design, manufacturing readiness, test, and development reviews
  • Support failure investigations and root-cause analysis
  • Lead or support RCCA activities
  • Manage nonconforming material and prototype hardware
  • Evaluate engineering and manufacturing changes for quality risks
  • Develop inspection, test, and verification strategies
  • Support First Article Inspection and product verification activities
  • Support audits and assessments against AS9100, customer, contractual, and program requirements
  • Develop and maintain quality documentation, procedures, checklists, and objective evidence

Benefits

  • Bonus
  • Benefits
  • Equity
  • Temporary benefits package after 60 days of employment for eligible temporary employees