Senior Manager, Quality – Development Programs (R5315)

Hardware FYI; Dallas, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI seeks a Senior Manager of Quality to lead all quality activities for a complex aerospace development program from prototype through production readiness. The role embeds within the program team and collaborates with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Flight Test, and Program Management to ensure quality, reliability, and mission success throughout development and transition to production.

The successful candidate will build and lead a multidisciplinary quality team and implement

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage quality activities for a complex aerospace development program from prototype to production readiness.
• Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Flight Test, and Program Management to ensure design, development, testing, and transition meet quality, reliability, and mission goals.

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.

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Job Description:

The Senior Manager of Quality is responsible for establishing and leading all quality activities for a complex aerospace development program from prototype through production readiness. This role serves as the primary quality leader embedded within the program team and partners closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Flight Test, and Program Management to ensure products are designed, developed, tested, and transitioned to production with quality, reliability, and mission success as foundational objectives.

The Senior Manager of Quality will build and lead a multidisciplinary quality team while implementing scalable quality systems, risk management processes, problem-solving disciplines, and development quality practices appropriate for a rapidly growing aerospace and defense technology organization.

This position requires balancing speed of development with disciplined engineering rigor to support aggressive program schedules while ensuring compliance with customer, regulatory, and company requirements.