Engineer I, Quality (R5976)

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems.

The Associate Quality Engineer supports Quality Engineering activities throughout the development of XBAT, a first-of-a-kind aerospace and defense product.

Responsibilities

• Support Quality Engineering activities across the XBAT product development lifecycle.
• Partner with Design Engineering to identify product risks and establish appropriate controls.
• Participate in design reviews, manufacturing readiness reviews, test reviews, and other development milestones from a quality perspective.
• Support investigation and root cause analysis of prototype, test, and manufacturing failures.
• Lead or support RCCA activities using structured problem-solving methodologies.
• Support management of nonconforming material and prototype hardware, including containment, investigation, disposition, and documentation.
• Evaluate engineering and manufacturing changes for quality risks and support implementation of appropriate verification activities.
• Support development of inspection, test, and verification strategies based on product risk.
• Support First Article Inspection and other product verification activities as XBAT transitions toward production.
• Support audits and assessments of XBAT development processes against AS9100, customer, contractual, and program requirements.
• Develop and maintain quality documentation, procedures, checklists, 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Internship, co-op, or project experience in aerospace, defense, automotive, robotics, electronics, or other complex product development.
• Familiarity with AS9100 or other aerospace/quality management systems.
• Experience with root cause analysis, 8D, RCCA, CAPA, DMAIC, or similar methodologies.
• Familiarity with FMEA, risk management, or reliability engineering.
• Experience participating in design reviews, test activities, or product development projects.
• Understanding of configuration management and engineering change processes.
• Familiarity with GD&T and engineering drawings.