Principal Quality Engineer
Shield AI is a U.S. defense-technology company developing mission-autonomy software and autonomous aircraft for military and allied operations.
Funding history
Investors
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.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will act as the senior quality authority for an aerospace development program. You will embed quality throughout development, lead failure investigations, manage reliability risks, support verification and testing, improve production readiness and supplier quality, and coach engineering teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline
- 12+ years of experience in aerospace, defense, aviation, space, or similarly complex products
- Experience supporting new product development programs
- Knowledge of quality engineering principles and development lifecycles
- Experience leading technical investigations and root-cause analyses
- Experience with reliability engineering, failure analysis, and risk management
- Knowledge of aerospace manufacturing processes and production transitions
- Working knowledge of AS9100 and aerospace regulatory requirements
Responsibilities
- Lead quality engineering for an aerospace development program
- Establish quality strategies across the product development lifecycle
- Integrate quality requirements into architecture, design, verification, validation, and production planning
- Assess designs for quality, manufacturability, inspectability, maintainability, and reliability
- Lead failure investigations, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions
- Develop reliability growth strategies and quality metrics
- Analyze failure trends, test results, field data, and operational performance
- Develop quality approaches for laboratory, environmental, ground, and flight testing
- Support qualification, certification, and readiness evaluations
- Develop inspection strategies, acceptance criteria, and process controls
- Evaluate supplier quality risks and support supplier corrective actions
- Mentor engineers and develop quality standards and tools
Benefits
- Bonus
- Equity