Senior Quality Leader - Aerospace Production Readiness

f7d8749a-72d6-407c-bf98-292ea630c73a; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 160,000 - 240,000; 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. You will be embedded with the program team, partnering with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Flight Test, and PM to ensure quality, reliability, and mission success.

You will build and lead a multidisciplinary quality team, implementing scalable quality systems, risk management, problem-solving disciplines, and development

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
• 10+ years aerospace, defense, aviation, space, or other highly regulated industries.
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing technical quality organizations.
• Experience with complex product development programs from concept through production transition.
• Strong knowledge of quality systems, engineering development processes, and aerospace manufacturing.
• Experience leading root cause investigations and corrective action programs.
• Experience with risk management, reliability engineering, and failure analysis.
• Working knowledge of AS9100 quality management systems.
• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality leadership for XBAT development.
• Establish quality strategy, objectives, and metrics aligned with program milestones.
• Integrate quality requirements into the product development lifecycle.
• Participate in design reviews, change control, and configuration management.
• Lead root cause investigations and corrective actions for failures.
• Drive quality planning for production readiness and industrialization.
• Develop and maintain FRACAS processes for development and flight test phases.
• Oversee verification, validation, and testing quality activities.

Skills

Leadership

Quality systems

AS9100

Aerospace

Risk management

Continuous improvement

Development quality

Root cause analysis

Flight test collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

10+ years aerospace/regulatory industries

5+ years leadership experience

Job description

Shield AI seeks a Senior Manager of Quality to lead all quality activities for a complex aerospace development program from prototype through production readiness. You will be embedded with the program team, partnering with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Flight Test, and PM to ensure quality, reliability, and mission success.

You will build and lead a multidisciplinary quality team, implementing scalable quality systems, risk management, problem-solving disciplines, and development