MRB Engineer — Nonconforming Hardware & Repair

Shield AI; Dallas, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Equity

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking an MRB Engineer to evaluate nonconforming hardware for fielded unmanned aircraft systems, developing safe, auditable dispositions and repair documentation. You will work with design, manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Sustainment to improve repair guidance and prevent recurrence.

The role emphasizes independent problem-solving, documentation, and cross-functional coordination in a hands-on, fast-paced environment, supporting post-production and depot sustainment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace, electrical, manufacturing, materials, or related engineering discipline.
• 4+ years of MRB or related aerospace hardware experience.
• Experience evaluating nonconforming hardware, damaged components, or field failures.
• Knowledge of MRB workflows, corrective-action systems.
• Ability to interpret drawings, specs, repair records, and field evidence.
• Excellent written communication and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate nonconforming material, damaged hardware, returned components, production escapes, field returns, and repairable assemblies.
• Develop dispositions such as rework, repair, use-as-is, return-to-vendor, or scrap in accordance with approval authority.
• Create or update repair instructions, inspection criteria, and supporting technical documentation.
• Review engineering drawings, specifications, inspection results, manufacturing records, repair history, photographs, and field evidence.
• Coordinate with responsible engineers and cross-functional partners to ensure dispositions are safe, technically sound, executable, and properly approved.
• Support returned-material evaluations, production-quality deficiency reviews, field-hardware investigations, and production-escape resolution.
• Maintain complete, accurate, traceable, and configuration-controlled MRB records.
• Identify recurring nonconformances, manufacturing defects, supplier issues, field damage, and repair challenges; elevate trends for further investigation.
• Provide technical input to root-cause and corrective-action activities in partnership with Failure Analysis, Reliability and Maintainability, Quality, and other engineering teams.
• Work with Manufacturing Engineering and Quality to improve repair instructions, inspection methods, acceptance criteria, and test processes.
• Support supplier-quality investigations when purchased parts or assemblies affect sustainment or fleet readiness.
• Contribute to standard repair development and continuous improvement of MRB and sustainment workflows.
• Balance engineering rigor, safety, quality, configuration control, field urgency, and aircraft-readiness needs.

Skills

Technical judgment

Written communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical/aerospace/electrical/manufacturing/materials or related engineering

Tools

RCCA

FRACAS

PQDR

AS9100

ECO/ECR processes

Job description

Shield AI is seeking an MRB Engineer to evaluate nonconforming hardware for fielded unmanned aircraft systems, developing safe, auditable dispositions and repair documentation. You will work with design, manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Sustainment to improve repair guidance and prevent recurrence.

The role emphasizes independent problem-solving, documentation, and cross-functional coordination in a hands-on, fast-paced environment, supporting post-production and depot sustainment.