Technician 3, Quality Systems Engineering (R4956)

Shield AI
Dallas, US
Career-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Best suited to mid-level quality systems professionals working in defense technology who collaborate across engineering and manufacturing teams.

Best fit for

  • Quality professionals with experience in defense or aerospace manufacturing environments
    — “support critical quality management processes”
  • Operational excellence advocates comfortable with rapid iteration cycles
    — “driving continuous improvement, operational excellence”

Things to consider

  • Expect cross-functional coordination beyond traditional quality assurance scope
    — “collaborate across engineering and manufacturing teams”
  • Mission-critical context requires rigorous attention to compliance
    — “mission-ready performance”

How to stand out

  • Demonstrate specific methodologies for embedding quality in early design phases
    — “building quality and reliability into advanced products from the ground up”
  • Quantify impact of past quality interventions on production throughput
    — “help ensure systems, documentation, and production activities meet the highest standards”
  • Highlight experience with defense or aerospace regulatory frameworks
    — “mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Mid Level

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • driving operational excellence
  • ensuring compliance
Typical background
quality systems engineeringmanufacturing

Skills & requirements

Required

Quality ManagementEngineeringManufacturing

Preferred

Continuous ImprovementISO Standards

About the role

Original posting from Shield AI via Lever

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the 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:

Join a team dedicated to building quality and reliability into advanced products from the ground up. In this role, you will support critical quality management processes, collaborate across engineering and manufacturing teams, and help ensure systems, documentation, and production activities meet the highest standards. Working in a fast-paced environment, you’ll play a key role in driving continuous improvement, operational excellence, and mission-ready performance.

Source: Shield AI careers (Lever)

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