About the role
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 . Job Description: Join a high-impact quality engineering team driving reliability, validation, and execution excellence across next-generation autonomous systems. This role partners across engineering, test, manufacturing, and program leadership to ensure quality objectives are embedded throughout the product lifecycle. You will lead cross-functional quality initiatives by managing validation efforts, driving issue resolution, tracking technical risk, and improving engineering execution through data-driven program management. We are seeking a Quality Engineering Technical Program Manager (TPM) with experience leading complex hardware or aerospace quality programs, including validation planning, root cause analysis, reliability tracking, and cross-functional execution. \n
What you'll do: Lead cross-functional quality engineering programs spanning validation, integration, manufacturing readiness, and field reliability Drive issue triage, root cause investigations, corrective actions, and closure tracking for system-level failures Develop and manage quality plans, schedules, metrics, and risk tracking across engineering teams Coordinate verification and validation activities across hardware, software, manufacturing, and test organizations Partner with engineering leadership to improve release readiness, defect reduction, and development processes Analyze quality and reliability trends to identify systemic issues and improve product performance Required
qualifications: 3+ years of experience in technical program management, quality engineering, systems engineering, or validation leadership in complex hardware or aerospace environments Strong understanding of root cause analysis, corrective actions, and reliability tracking Proven ability to lead cross-functional programs across engineering, manufacturing, and test organizations Experience managing technical risk, program dependencies, and execution tradeoffs in fast-paced development programs Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills with the ability to drive alignment and accountability across teams Preferred