Senior Liaison Engineer, Sustaining (R6024)

The role

You will be the engineering contact for hardware problems in V-BAT production, testing and fielded aircraft. You will make disposition decisions on nonconformances and lead corrective action so problems do not come back. This is a sustaining and liaison role, not new-product design.

What you will do

• Lead resolution of mechanical issues from production, testing, fielded aircraft and customer operations.
• Serve as engineering point of contact and approval authority for NCR and MRB dispositions.
• Disposition nonconformances as use-as-is, repair, rework, scrap or return to vendor.
• Evaluate issues across metallic, composite and plastic parts, wire harnesses and electronic assemblies.
• Write rework and repair instructions, including inspection and acceptance criteria.
• Lead formal root cause and corrective action (RCCA) investigations with Quality.
• Coordinate investigations across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Test and Field Operations.
• Drive CAD, drawing, specification and BOM updates through release.
• Track recurring nonconformances and feed lessons learned back into designs and processes.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or a related field.
• 5+ years of relevant experience for Senior Engineer, or 8+ years for Staff Engineer.
• Experience reviewing and dispositioning NCRs within an MRB process in aerospace, defense or another regulated industry.
• Experience supporting production, sustaining engineering, fielded products or complex hardware troubleshooting.
• Experience writing rework or repair instructions for production hardware.
• A track record of resolving technical issues through verified corrective action, including formal RCCA.
• Proficiency with 3D CAD, engineering drawings, GD&T and mechanical design for manufacturing.
• Strong technical writing and documentation skills, and clear communication across teams.

Nice to have

• Experience as a liaison or MRB engineer on aircraft or UAS production.
• Experience classifying structural versus non-structural repairs, or writing standard repair procedures or structural repair manuals.
• Working knowledge of composite materials, processes and inspection methods, such as prepreg, wet layup, bonding, cure cycles, tap testing and ultrasonic testing.
• Familiarity with workmanship standards for wire harnesses and electronic assemblies, such as IPC/WHMA-A-620 and IPC-A-610.
• Familiarity with metallic and plastic manufacturing processes, finishes and common defect modes.
• Ability to assess structural margin, or experience working closely with stress and thermal analysts.
• Experience in an AS9100 quality environment.
• Experience with Siemens NX and Teamcenter.
• Experience supporting fielded aircraft and customer operations.

Before you apply

• All offers are contingent on a cleared background check and possible reference check.
• Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits.

About the company

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company that builds intelligent systems to protect service members and civilians. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation technologies.