What you'll do:
- Perform receiving inspections on incoming materials and components using appropriate tools, gauges, and inspection methods per drawing and specification requirements.
- Perform final inspections on completed parts, subassemblies, and products to ensure compliance with customer and engineering requirements before shipment.
- Review certifications, test reports, and supplier documentation for compliance with purchase order requirements.
- Accurately document inspection results and nonconformances in accordance with company procedures.
- Ensure inspection records are complete, organized, and retained per company and AS9100 requirements.
- Assist with first article inspections (FAI) per AS9102 requirements as needed.
- Maintain and verify the calibration status of inspection equipment used.
- Communicate effectively with production, engineering, and supply chain teams regarding nonconforming material and inspection results.
- Support and participate in internal and external audits as required.
- Maintain a clean and organized inspection area following safety and 5S principles.
Required qualifications:
- 3+ years of quality control experience inspecting electrical and mechanical parts in aerospace or precision manufacturing
- High school diploma or equivalent required; technical training or certifications in inspection, quality, or aerospace manufacturing preferred.
- Knowledge of GD&T, engineering drawings, and aerospace standards (AS9100, AS9102) required.
- Experience using inspection tools such as calipers, micrometers, height gauges, surface plates, and other precision measuring equipment.
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints, specifications, and quality documents accurately.
- Basic computer skills, including proficiency with MS Office and ERP/MRP systems for recording inspections.
- Strong attention to detail, problem-solving skills, and ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
Preferred qualifications:
- IPC 610, 620 and DO-178
- ASQ Certify Inspector
Skills Required
- 3+ years of quality control experience inspecting electrical and mechanical parts in aerospace or precision manufacturing
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Technical training or certifications in inspection, quality, or aerospace manufacturing
- Knowledge of GD&T, engineering drawings, and aerospace standards (AS9100, AS9102)
- Experience using inspection tools such as calipers, micrometers, height gauges, surface plates, and other precision measuring equipment
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints, specifications, and quality documents accurately
- Basic computer skills, including proficiency with MS Office and ERP/MRP systems for recording inspections
- Strong attention to detail, problem-solving skills, and ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- IPC 610 and IPC 620
- DO-178
- ASQ Certified Inspector
What the Team is Saying
Shield AI Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Company materials describe excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage alongside a mental‑health EAP. Site perks such as an onsite gym in DC and a gym discount in San Diego support a health‑focused offering.
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Retirement Support — Careers materials highlight a 401(k) with company match as part of the standard package. A Total Rewards overview emphasizes retirement features within a broader, transparent compensation view.
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Career-Linked Recognition & Rewards — Compensation for in‑demand technical and senior go‑to‑market roles is described as competitive, with visible engineering ranges and top‑end packages. This points to meaningful upside tied to role, level, and scarce skills.
Shield AI Insights
What We Do
At Shield AI, you won't wait years to see your work reach the field. You'll build hardware and software that operates in the real world right now, in the hands of the people who depend on it. Hivemind, our AI pilot, has been flying since 2018. It has flown more than 30 platforms, including an F-16, and it now sits under a U.S. Air Force production contract for Collaborative Combat Aircraft. When you write code or shape a system here, you contribute to technology with a proven flight record and a clear production future. V-BAT flies intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions with an operational record that stretches from Ukraine to the Indo-Pacific. It delivers eyes where they matter most, in the most demanding conditions on earth. The teams behind it watch their work get tested where the stakes are real. X-BAT takes its first flight this year. It's an AI-piloted fighter that needs no runway, built to operate where traditional aircraft can't. Join now and you help shape a program at its earliest, most formative stage. That's the kind of ground-floor work that defines a career. Do the most impactful work of your life, on problems that matter. Autonomy at this level asks a lot of you. You'll take on problems in perception, planning, and control that few teams anywhere are equipped to solve. You'll work across disciplines, from aerospace and robotics to machine learning and systems engineering, alongside people who hold themselves to an exacting standard and expect the same from you. Our mission is clear: protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. That purpose runs through every decision, every design review, and every deployment. It's why the work here carries a weight you can feel. Ready to join our mission? Explore our open roles and find where you fit.
Why Work With Us
Founded in 2015 by a former Navy SEAL, Shield AI builds AI pilots and uncrewed aircraft. Veterans aren't an afterthought here, they're at every level. It's why the work carries weight: AI pilots and uncrewed aircraft flying real missions, from Ukraine to the Indo-Pacific, protecting service members and civilians.
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