Staff QA Engineer - Flight Test & Aerospace Quality, Equity

Shield AI; New York (NY); Presencial; USD 110.000 - 160.000; Jornada completa

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Bonus

Benefits

Equity

Descripción de la vacante

Shield AI is seeking a qualified Quality Assurance professional to support development and flight testing of the X-BAT program. The role is embedded with flight test teams to ensure test articles are configured, inspected, documented, and ready for safe ground and flight testing.

You will work with flight test, systems, design, manufacturing, test engineering, and program teams to manage quality risks, resolve discrepancies, and maintain configuration and traceability, ensuring processes meet

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience supporting developmental test operations.
• 5+ years in developmental and/or operational ground or flight test.
• Experience with developmental aircraft or mission-critical aerospace systems.
• Ability to read drawings, specs, BOMs, procedures, and acceptance criteria.
• Willingness to work outdoors and travel as required; overtime/weekend coverage.

Responsabilidades

• Support ground and flight test readiness, including inspections and documentation.
• Collaborate with flight test and engineering to resolve hardware/configuration issues.
• Review drawings, specs, procedures, and acceptance criteria.
• Ensure test articles meet engineering, quality, safety, and configuration requirements before testing.
• Support test activities, including inspections, readiness reviews, and post-test evaluations.
• Manage nonconformances, discrepancies, and quality records with containment and CAPA.
• Lead or assist root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Identify quality risk trends and propose mitigations with teams.
• Analyze data to improve development and test processes.
• Support configuration management and traceability of hardware and test articles.
• Ensure objective evidence and quality records support requirements.
• Promote safety, rigor, accountability, and disciplined execution in developmental testing.

Conocimientos

Ground/flight test experience

Aerospace hardware familiarity

Engineering drawings interpretation

Fast-paced environment adaptability

Travel readiness

Overtime/weekend readiness

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, technology, quality, or related field

Herramientas

AS9100 knowledge

Descripción del empleo

Shield AI is seeking a qualified Quality Assurance professional to support development and flight testing of the X-BAT program. The role is embedded with flight test teams to ensure test articles are configured, inspected, documented, and ready for safe ground and flight testing.

You will work with flight test, systems, design, manufacturing, test engineering, and program teams to manage quality risks, resolve discrepancies, and maintain configuration and traceability, ensuring processes meet