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Engineer I, Quality (R5976)

Shield AI · Seattle, WA

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Level
Engineer
Team
Quality
Degree
Required
Experience asked
3+ years
Industry
Aerospace & defense
Posted
29 days ago

The role in 30 seconds

An engineer-level quality role at Shield AI (aerospace & defense) in Seattle, WA. Internship, co-op, or project experience in aerospace, defense, automotive, robotics, electronics, or other complex product development.

They ask for
3+ years · degree required
Tools it names
Root cause, DMAIC, FMEA, CAPA, GD&T, AS9100

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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026

Quality Engineer roles in Washington: typical posted base $100k–$135k.

Median of the low and high ends of 17 live postings that list pay, out of 26 quality engineer openings in Washington, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 25 other live quality postings in Washington.

Base pay
Not listed in this posting

Typical $100k–$135k, from 17 postings that list pay.

Experience asked
Typical (3+ years)

Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • ✓ Root cause 100%
  • Lean 88%
  • ✓ AS9100 58%
  • New product launch 58%
  • Six Sigma 54%
  • Supplier quality 54%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

Stands out: this posting asks for DMAIC, Robotics, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

It asks for 3+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

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This plant: Shield AI in Seattle

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What you'll do

  • ◆Support Quality Engineering activities across the XBAT product development lifecycle.
  • ◆Partner with Design Engineering to identify product risks and establish appropriate controls.
  • ◆Participate in design reviews, manufacturing readiness reviews, test reviews, and other development milestones from a quality perspective.
  • ◆Support investigation and root cause analysis of prototype, test, and manufacturing failures.
  • ◆Lead or support RCCA activities using structured problem-solving methodologies.
  • ◆Support management of nonconforming material and prototype hardware, including containment, investigation, disposition, and documentation.
  • ◆Evaluate engineering and manufacturing changes for quality risks and support implementation of appropriate verification activities.
  • ◆Support development of inspection, test, and verification strategies based on product risk.
  • ◆Support First Article Inspection and other product verification activities as XBAT transitions toward production.
  • ◆Support audits and assessments of XBAT development processes against AS9100, customer, contractual, and program requirements.
  • ◆Develop and maintain quality documentation, procedures, checklists, and objective evidence.

Required qualifications

  • ✓Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Quality Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
  • ✓0–3 years of engineering, quality, manufacturing, test, or related experience.

Preferred qualifications

  • ✓Internship, co-op, or project experience in aerospace, defense, automotive, robotics, electronics, or other complex product development.
  • ✓Familiarity with AS9100 or other aerospace/quality management systems.
  • ✓Experience with root cause analysis, 8D, RCCA, CAPA, DMAIC, or similar methodologies.
  • ✓Familiarity with FMEA, risk management, or reliability engineering.
  • ✓Experience participating in design reviews, test activities, or product development projects.
  • ✓Understanding of configuration management and engineering change processes.
  • ✓Familiarity with GD&T and engineering drawings.
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Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and 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

The Associate Quality Engineer supports Quality Engineering activities throughout the development of XBAT, a first-of-a-kind aerospace and defense product. This role partners closely with Design Engineering, Systems Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Test, Supply Chain, and Program Management to identify and mitigate product and process risks as the product moves from development toward production.

This role will help establish quality into the product development process rather than relying on inspection to detect problems after the fact. The role provides hands-on support for risk management, root cause analysis, verification and validation activities, configuration and change control, nonconformance management, and development process compliance.

This is an early-career engineering role with significant opportunity to develop expertise in aerospace product development, quality engineering, and product assurance.

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