The Tool Control Coordinator is responsible for establishing, implementing, and managing a comprehensive tool control program modeled after commercial and military aviation standards. This role will develop and enforce policies, processes, and accountability systems that ensure all tools used within maintenance operations are tracked, controlled, and compliant with aviation safety and regulatory requirements. The Tool Control Coordinator role will coordinate daily tool room operations, support maintenance and air vehicle operator teams, and oversee the lifecycle of controlled tools and equipment.
What You'll Do:
Develop and implement a robust tool control program, including policies, procedures, tool inventories, shadow boards, tracking systems, and inspection protocols.
Lead the daily operations of tool rooms and tool issue points, ensuring full accountability and availability of tools to support maintenance work and field operations.
Establish and maintain tool control documentation aligned with regulatory, OEM, and internal quality requirements.
Assume the responsibilities of the tool calibration program.
Conduct regular tool audits, inspections, and discrepancy investigations, ensuring timely resolution and reporting of missing or damaged tools.
Train technicians on tool control standards, handling procedures, documentation accuracy, and safety expectations.
Collaborate with production, quality, safety, supply chain, and engineering teams to ensure tools and equipment meet program and aircraft operational requirements.
Manage tool procurement, calibration scheduling, repair processes, and replacement planning.
Monitor and report tool control metrics, compliance findings, and program performance to senior leadership.
Identify and drive continuous improvements to tool control processes, systems, and workflow efficiency.
Ensure operations comply with OSHA, FAA, DoD, and internal safety/quality standards as applicable.
Required Qualifications:
Minimum 1 year of Inventory Clerk with ERP experience
Able to work 9am-5pm or 10am-6pm
Minimum 1 year work experience as an Inventory Clerk or similar role
Excellent math and analytical skills
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Experience working in a fast-paced environment while maintaining attention to detail
Experience with software such as Microsoft Excel and other company spreadsheet programs
Ability to problem solve quickly and prioritize daily tasks according to their importance
Personal accountability and integrity are paramount, as an Inventory clerk is tasked with an accurate accounting of all inventory
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds, as many packages are large
Preferred Qualifications:
3+ year of ERP inventory experience
Forklift Operator Certified
Experience with RFID scanner inventory systems
Manufacturing experience
MS Office experience
Skills Required
- At least 1 year of experience as an Inventory Clerk or in a similar role
- At least 1 year of inventory experience with ERP systems
- Ability to work 9am–5pm or 10am–6pm
- Excellent math and analytical skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment while maintaining attention to detail
- Experience with Microsoft Excel and other spreadsheet programs
- Ability to solve problems quickly and prioritize daily tasks
- Personal accountability and integrity for accurate inventory accounting
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
- At least 3 years of ERP inventory experience
- Forklift operator certification
- Experience with RFID scanner inventory systems
- Manufacturing experience
- Microsoft Office experience
What the Team is Saying
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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