Quality Engineering Technician

Location: Frisco, TX

Compensation: PR: $22.00-33.00/hr

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. 

As a Quality Engineering Technician, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring product reliability and maintaining high-quality standards on the production floor. You’ll own operational quality for your assigned line, including maintaining inspection plans, calibrating tools, responding to initial NCRs, supporting rework inspections, and driving day-to-day production quality assurance.

What You'll Do:

• Perform inspections and testing on raw materials, components, and finished products to ensure compliance with quality standards.
• Maintain and update existing inspection plans in 1Factory, adding clear instructions and visuals to support accurate inspections.
• Calibrate and maintain testing equipment and tooling; conduct audits and document nonconformances.
• Act as the first line of response for production quality issues, investigating and resolving lower-severity NCRs and escalating critical issues to Quality Engineers.
• Support shop floor containment by identifying affected units and establishing gate-check inspections when needed.
• Lead MRB activities in production, coordinating rework plans, verifying rework execution, and ensuring compliance with QE direction.
• Collaborate with Quality Engineers, inspectors, and production teams to drive corrective actions and process improvements.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by monitoring production performance and recommending solutions.

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of related experience and training in quality control or related positions 
• Understanding of GD&T principles 
• Demonstrated ability to use hand tools and calibrated equipment like calipers, micrometers, scales, ring gages, pin gages and other standard measuring instruments.  
• Root cause analysis, corrective action, and preventive action methods 

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate’s degree or equivalent in a relevant technical field. 
• Experience in quality control or related positions within a manufacturing environment. 
• Proficiency in reading and interpreting engineering drawings, specifications, and quality documentation. 
• Strong knowledge of measurement tools and equipment, including calipers, micrometers, gauges, and optical comparators. 
• Familiarity with various inspection methods, techniques, and statistical process control (SPC) principles. 
• Experience with root cause analysis, corrective action, and preventive action processes. 
• Ability to perform configuration verification of all levels of assemblies/hardware.  
• Familiarity with quality management systems and standards, such as ISO 9001. 
• Mastery in computer applications, including spreadsheet software and quality management software. 
• Strong adaptability, resilience, and grit.