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. Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI's technology actively supports operations worldwide. Shield AI is seeking a Mission Assurance Lead to provide independent, engineering?informed oversight of maintenance, configuration, documentation, and field operations across Shield AI aircraft operations. This position combines maintenance process assurance, operational safety, configuration control, and early risk detection. The idóneo candidate is comfortable working in hangars, test events, field sites, and deployed environments; and converts observations into actionable, scalable assurance data. Build and operate a Mission Assurance model for Shield AI Aircraft operations, covering maintenance procedures, documentation, configuration control, support equipment, and field execution Define inspection strategy, audit cadence, evidence requirements, data standards, and reporting rhythms. Conduct independent inspections of maintenance tasks, logbooks, technical data use, service bulletin compliance, configuration accuracy, release practices, tool/FOD control, ground handling, and field operations. Verify maintenance quality, data integrity, critical?Maintain dashboards and indicators such as maintenance quality, data error rates, open findings, CAPA status, repeat discrepancies, tool/FOD events, and potential readiness blockers. Escalate safety?of?flight, compliance,



or data integrity risks; Support investigations of mishaps, near misses, maintenance errors, and field failures, ensuring accurate reconstruction of maintenance, configuration, and operational timelines. Maintain the evidence trail required for customer confidence, safety assurance, governance, and quality expectations in a scaling UAS operation. 7+ years of experience in aviation maintenance, maintenance QA, maintenance control, field service leadership, or equivalent mission?Practical expertise with maintenance procedures, logbooks, MIS/work orders, discrepancies, configuration control, service bulletin compliance, tool/FOD control, and aircraft release discipline. Hands?on experience in operational environments (hangars, flightlines, test ranges, customer sites, or deployed locations). Strong data discipline and ability to generate accurate, actionable reports and dashboards. cause methods, CAPA, and safety/quality systems. Experience supporting developmental flight test programs or rapidly evolving aircraft platforms Training in auditing, root?cause analysis, CAPA, HFACS, TapRooT, Six Sigma, human factors, or maintenance evaluation. Experience with autonomous systems, configuration management, telemetry?based maintenance, or digital maintenance systems. Familiarity with aviation safety assurance, risk management, and continuous monitoring. Full-time regular employee offer package: Temporary employee offer package: Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment) If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

📌 Mission Assurance Lead (España)
🏢 shieldai
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