Supplier Quality Specialist (R6419)

Shield AI•Dallas, TX

About The Position

Shield AI’s Supply Chain team strengthens supplier performance and protects production by overseeing supplier quality worldwide, assessing risk through supplier evaluations and internal reviews, leading failure investigations, and supporting proactive source qualification. The Supplier Quality Specialist owns day-to-day supplier quality execution, bringing discipline and responsiveness to issue management while enabling engineering teams to focus on high-priority technical challenges and preventive improvements. The role works across production, suppliers, and internal stakeholders to contain defects quickly, resolve nonconformances, and implement corrective and preventive actions that minimize disruption to engineering and production.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or 5+ years of experience in an engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, or quality field.
Bachelor’s degree in engineering or supply chain.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to liaise cross-functionally with internal and external stakeholders and present to team members and management.
Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and technical requirements.
Deep technical domain experience in PCBA manufacturing and rework.
Qualified to IPC J-STD-001, IPC-A-610, and IPC 7711/7721.
Experience reading engineering drawings, including Geometric Dimension and Tolerance (GD&T).
Experience with AS9100 or a similar quality management system standard.
Knowledge of supplier quality processes, including part or supplier approval processes and First Article Inspection Reports.
Direct experience interfacing with suppliers and using corrective/preventive action systems and supplier portals.
Proficiency in MS Office applications.
Proficiency with lean concepts and statistical and data analytics.

Responsibilities

Own supplier-related nonconformances identified at supplier facilities, during receiving and precision inspection, and throughout production, including Supplier Deviation Requests (SDRs).
Manage nonconformance workflows, including Material Review Board (MRB) dispositions, Return to Vendor (RTV) activities, supplier Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA), and production issue ticket reviews.
Drive open issues toward resolution by coordinating containment, investigation, disposition, and corrective action with suppliers and internal teams.
Coordinate containment of nonconforming material by locating affected products, partnering with Supplier Development Engineers to mitigate flight risk, and supporting root cause investigations.