Associate Quality Engineer - Aerospace & Defense

Shield; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Equity

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking an Associate Quality Engineer to support quality activities across the XBAT product development lifecycle, partnering with design, systems, manufacturing, test, and program management to mitigate risks as the product moves toward production.

This early-career role emphasizes embedding quality into development processes, with hands-on support for risk management, root cause analysis, verification and validation, change control, nonconformance, and process compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• 0–3 years in engineering, quality, manufacturing, or test.

Responsibilities

• Support quality activities across the XBAT product development lifecycle.
• Partner with design engineering to identify risks and controls.
• Participate in design reviews, manufacturing readiness reviews, test reviews.
• Support investigation and root cause analysis of failures.
• Lead or support RCCA activities using structured problem solving.
• Manage nonconforming material and prototype hardware containment and disposition.
• Evaluate changes for quality risk and verify appropriate actions.
• Develop inspection, test, and verification strategies based on risk.
• Support First Article Inspection and product verification during production transition.

Skills

Root cause analysis

RCCA

CAPA

DMAIC

AS9100 familiarity

GD&T knowledge

Design reviews participation

Quality documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Quality Engineering, or related field

Job description

Shield AI is seeking an Associate Quality Engineer to support quality activities across the XBAT product development lifecycle, partnering with design, systems, manufacturing, test, and program management to mitigate risks as the product moves toward production.

This early-career role emphasizes embedding quality into development processes, with hands-on support for risk management, root cause analysis, verification and validation, change control, nonconformance, and process compliance.