Senior Liaison Engineer, Sustaining (R6024)

Shield; Texas; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI is hiring a Senior or Staff Liaison Engineer to be the engineering point of contact for hardware issues affecting V-BAT production, testing and fielded aircraft. This role owns NCR/MRB dispositions and coordinates cross-functional input from Structures, Thermal and Design.

The ideal candidate provides end-to-end disposition, rework or repair instructions, drawing updates, and long-term corrective actions to prevent recurrence. Composite repair experience is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience owning NCR/MRB dispositions and related documentation.
• Composite repair experience is essential for sustaining aircraft hardware.
• Ability to lead disposition from start to finish including rework instructions and drawings.
• Acts as a liaison between Production and Quality and other engineering groups.

Responsibilities

• Serve as engineering point of contact for hardware issues affecting V-BAT production, testing, and fielded aircraft.
• Own the disposition, rework or repair instructions, and updating drawings.
• Coordinate with Structures, Thermal and Design for specialist input when needed.
• Drive long-term corrective actions to prevent recurrence.

Skills

NCR disposition

MRB disposition

Composite repair

Liaison engineering

Sustaining engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BATaircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.

Job Description:

We're hiring a Senior or Staff Liaison Engineer to be the engineering point of contact for hardware issues affecting V-BAT production, testing and fielded aircraft. This person holds engineering authority for nonconformance (NCR) and Material Review Board (MRB) dispositions, which covers anything that isn't simply reworked to print, including use-as-is and repair. They pull in Structures, Thermal and Design when they need specialist input to confirm a path forward.

The ideal candidate is the person Production and Quality go to when they ask, "I have this problem, how do I solve it?" They own the answer from start to finish: the disposition, the rework or repair instructions, the drawing updates, and the long-term corrective action that keeps the problem from coming back. Composite repair experience is essential. This role is focused on liaison and sustaining engineering, not new-product design.