Shield AI
Mission Assurance Lead (R5896)
Dallas, Texas · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years; equivalent mission-critical operational roles accepted.
About the job
Provides independent oversight of aircraft maintenance, configuration, documentation, safety, and field operations to assess readiness, identify risks, and ensure corrective actions are completed.
What you'll do
- Build and operate a mission assurance model, including inspection strategies, audits, evidence requirements, and reporting.
- Inspect maintenance and field operations, verify quality and configuration, and track findings through resolution.
- Escalate safety, compliance, and data-integrity risks; support investigations and maintain assurance evidence.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of experience in aviation maintenance, maintenance QA, maintenance control, field service leadership, or equivalent mission-critical operational roles.
- Demonstrated ability to build or mature maintenance QA or mission assurance programs.
- Practical expertise with maintenance procedures, logbooks, MIS/work orders, configuration control, service bulletin compliance, tool/FOD control, and aircraft release discipline.
- Hands-on operational-environment experience; ability to travel and support non-standard operational tempos.
Nice to have
- Experience with military aviation maintenance/QA, developmental flight testing, or rapidly evolving aircraft platforms.
- Experience with assurance frameworks or methods such as AS9100, ICAO safety assurance, HFACS, TapRooT, or Six Sigma; autonomous systems experience; active or eligible security clearance.
Tools
MIS/work orders, CAPA, HFACS, TapRooT, Six Sigma, AS9100, ICAO
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