Supplier Quality Specialist (R6419)

Shield AI; Texas; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking a Supplier Quality professional to own day-to-day supplier quality execution and help ensure uninterrupted production across its global supplier base. You will drive supplier evaluations, contain defects quickly, resolve nonconformances, and implement corrective and preventive actions that enable engineering teams to focus on high-priority challenges.

This role partners with production, suppliers, and internal stakeholders to strengthen quality performance and protect

Qualifications

• Own day-to-day supplier quality execution.
• Lead supplier evaluations and internal reviews.
• Contain defects quickly and resolve nonconformances.
• Implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day supplier quality execution and issue management.
• Collaborate with production, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
• Contain defects quickly and resolve nonconformances.
• Drive corrective and preventive actions to minimize disruption to engineering and production.

Skills

Supplier quality

Issue management

Risk assessment

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:

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.