Join a high-impact quality engineering team supporting the development and production of next-generation autonomous systems. This role is focused on dimensional analysis, metrology strategy, and inspection planning to ensure hardware meets critical design and manufacturing requirements. You will work closely with design, manufacturing, supplier quality, and production teams to develop scalable inspection methodologies that improve product quality, repeatability, and manufacturing confidence.
We are seeking a Metrology Engineer with experience in dimensional inspection, GD&T interpretation, measurement system analysis, and metrology process development within aerospace, defense, robotics, or precision manufacturing environments.
What you'll do:
- Develop and execute dimensional inspection strategies for complex mechanical assemblies and precision components
- Perform dimensional analysis and measurement studies to validate design intent, manufacturing capability, and assembly fit
- Define metrology processes, tooling, and inspection methods using CMMs, laser trackers, scanners, and other precision measurement systems
- Partner with design and manufacturing teams to improve tolerance schemes, GD&T application, and inspection efficiency
- Support root cause investigations related to dimensional nonconformance, assembly variation, and manufacturing defects
- Analyze measurement and process capability data to improve repeatability, product quality, and production readiness
Required qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in metrology, dimensional engineering, manufacturing quality, or precision inspection environments
- Strong understanding of GD&T, tolerance analysis, datum structures, and dimensional validation methods
- Experience programming or operating metrology equipment such as CMMs, laser trackers, structured light scanners, or portable measurement systems
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings, CAD models, and manufacturing documentation for complex assemblies
- Experience developing inspection plans, measurement strategies, and process capability studies in production environments
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to communicate technical findings across cross-functional teams
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience supporting aerospace, defense, robotics, or autonomous systems programs
- Familiarity with AS9100, ISO 9001, and regulated manufacturing environments
- Experience with NX, PolyWorks, PC-DMIS, SpatialAnalyzer, or similar metrology and dimensional analysis software
- Experience supporting first article inspections (FAI), production qualification, or supplier quality initiatives
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in metrology, dimensional engineering, manufacturing quality, or precision inspection environments
- Strong understanding of GD&T, tolerance analysis, datum structures, and dimensional validation methods
- Experience programming or operating metrology equipment such as CMMs, laser trackers, structured light scanners, or portable measurement systems
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings, CAD models, and manufacturing documentation for complex assemblies
- Experience developing inspection plans, measurement strategies, and process capability studies in production environments
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to communicate technical findings across cross-functional teams
- Experience supporting aerospace, defense, robotics, or autonomous systems programs
- Familiarity with AS9100, ISO 9001, and regulated manufacturing environments
- Experience with NX, PolyWorks, PC-DMIS, SpatialAnalyzer, or similar metrology and dimensional analysis software
- Experience supporting first article inspections (FAI), production qualification, or supplier quality initiatives
What the Team is Saying
Shield AI Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage includes medical, dental, vision, and mental-health support, with company materials describing excellent coverage. Feedback suggests these offerings are comprehensive and consistently highlighted across official and third-party benefit lists.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity is granted to all full-time hires, with RSU structures and tools like Carta Tax intended to improve understanding and tax timing. Feedback suggests this broad-based ownership approach is a notable component of total rewards.
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Parental & Family Support — Benefits include paid parental leave, fertility support, childcare benefits, family medical leave, and onsite resources such as a Mother's Room. Feedback suggests the family-oriented offerings are more expansive than basic coverage.
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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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