Supplier Quality Specialist (R6419)

Shield; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 88,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Equity

Job summary

Shield AI is building a world-class supplier quality organization. You will own day-to-day supplier quality execution, driving issue containment and corrective actions across supplier facilities, receiving and production, while enabling engineering teams to focus on high-priority challenges.

This role requires a strong background in PCBA manufacturing, GD&T, and IPC standards, plus experience with AS9100 or similar quality systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 5+ years in engineering, supply chain, manufacturing or quality.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or supply chain.
• Strong communication, cross-functional liaison and presentations.
• Deep technical domain in PCBA manufacturing and rework.
• IPC J-STD-001, IPC-A-610, IPC 7711/7721 certification.
• Experience reading drawings including GD&T.
• AS9100 or similar quality management system knowledge.
• Knowledge of supplier quality processes and supplier portals.
• Direct experience interfacing with suppliers and corrective/preventive actions.
• Proficiency in MS Office; lean concepts and data analytics.

Responsibilities

• Own supplier-related nonconformances at supplier facilities, receiving and production.
• Manage nonconformance workflows: MRB, RTV, CAPA, and production issue tickets.
• Drive issues toward resolution with containment, investigation, disposition and action.
• Coordinate containment of nonconforming material with engineers to mitigate flight risk.

Skills

Strong written and verbal comms

Cross-functional liaison

MS Office proficiency

Lean concepts & data analytics

Reading engineering drawings

Supplier quality processes knowledge

Interfacing with suppliers

GD&T experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or supply chain

IPC J-STD-001, IPC-A-610, IPC 7711/7721 certification

Tools

MS Office

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-BAT aircraft, 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:

Our Supply Chain team strengthens supplier performance and protects production by overseeing supplier quality worldwide, assessing risk through supplier evaluations and internal reviews, leading failure investigations, and supporting proactive source qualification. In this role, you will own day-to-day supplier quality execution, bringing discipline and responsiveness to issue management while enabling engineering teams to focus on high-priority technical challenges and preventive improvements. You will work across production and suppliers with internal stakeholders to contain defects quickly, resolve nonconformances, and implement corrective and preventive actions that minimize disruption to engineering and production.

What you'll do:

• Own supplier-related nonconformances identified at supplier facilities, during receiving and precision inspection, and throughout production, including Supplier Deviation Requests (SDRs).
• Manage nonconformance workflows, including Material Review Board (MRB) dispositions, Return to Vendor (RTV) activities, supplier Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA), and production issue ticket reviews.
• Drive open issues toward resolution, coordinating containment, investigation, disposition, and corrective action with suppliers and internal teams.
• Coordinate containment of nonconforming material by locating affected products, partnering with Supplier Development Engineers to mitigate flight risk, and supporting root cause investigations.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or 5+ years of experience in an engineering, supply chain, manufacturing or quality field,
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or supply chain
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to liaise cross functionally, internally and externally, make presentations to team members and management
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and technical requirements
• Deep technical domain experience in PCBA manufacturing and Rework
• Qualified to IPC J-STD-001, IPC-A-610, IPC 7711/7721
• Experience reading engineering drawings, including Geometric Dimension and Tolerance (GD&T)
• Experience with AS9100 or similar quality management system standard.
• Knowledge of supplier quality processes (Part or Supplier Approval Processes, First Article Inspection Reports, etc.)
• Direct experience interfacing with suppliers, corrective/ preventive action systems, supplier portals
• Proficiency in MS Office applications
• Proficiency with lean concepts and statistical and data analytics

$88,000 - $133,000 a year

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Full-time regular employee offer package:

Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity

Temporary employee offer package:

Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)

Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.

Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.