Aerospace Engineering Technician – XBAT Prototype QA

Shield AI; United States; Remote; USD 48,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Equity

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking an Engineering Technician to support XBAT prototype ground testing and flight testing. You will work closely with Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, Test Engineering, and Design Engineering to verify hardware quality, identify issues, and ensure configurations meet requirements.

This hands-on role requires inspecting aerospace hardware, reading drawings, and documenting results to support investigations and quality actions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in aerospace, defense, manufacturing, aviation, or a related technical field.
• Experience supporting prototype development or flight testing.
• Experience with hands-on inspection, testing, manufacturing, or troubleshooting of complex aerospace hardware.
• Ability to read engineering drawings, specifications, and work instructions.

Responsibilities

• Perform in-process, final, pre-test, and post-test inspections of XBAT prototype hardware.
• Inspect mechanical, electrical, structural, composite, and electromechanical assemblies using appropriate measurement equipment.
• Verify hardware configuration, workmanship, dimensions, torque, installation, and traceability against engineering requirements.
• Support ground and flight test readiness by verifying required inspections and documentation are complete.
• Inspect and document hardware condition following testing, including damage, failures, and abnormal conditions.
• Collect objective evidence such as measurements, photographs, and inspection results to support engineering investigations.
• Identify, document, and contain nonconformances; support MRB, root-cause investigations, and corrective actions.
• Work directly with Quality, Manufacturing, Test, and Design Engineering to resolve prototype quality issues.
• Support development and improvement of inspection plans, checklists, acceptance criteria, and quality processes.
• Maintain accurate inspection, configuration, and quality records for serialized prototype hardware.
• Identify recurring issues and provide feedback to engineering and manufacturing teams to improve product and process quality.

Skills

Hands-on inspection

Reading engineering drawings

Aerospace troubleshooting

Prototype development experience

Tools

Measurement equipment

AS9100 awareness

Job description

Shield AI is seeking an Engineering Technician to support XBAT prototype ground testing and flight testing. You will work closely with Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, Test Engineering, and Design Engineering to verify hardware quality, identify issues, and ensure configurations meet requirements.

This hands-on role requires inspecting aerospace hardware, reading drawings, and documenting results to support investigations and quality actions.