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WuXi AppTec

QC Raw Material Scientist

Middletown, DE · On-site

The QC Raw Material Scientist will support material disposition, supplier qualification, investigations, and regulatory inspections to ensure an uninterrupted supply of qualified materials for ...

WuXi AppTec Group

NY · On-site

The QC Raw Material Scientist will support material disposition, supplier qualification, investigations, and regulatory inspections to ensure an uninterrupted supply of qualified materials for ...

WuXi AppTec

QC Raw Material Scientist

Middletown, DE · On-site

The QC Raw Material Scientist will support material disposition, supplier qualification, investigations, and regulatory inspections to ensure an uninterrupted supply of qualified materials for ...

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As of Sep 10, 2026, the average hourly pay for material disposition inspector in the United States is $22.36, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $18.75 and $24.76 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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Material Disposition Inspectors are professionals responsible for examining materials, parts, or products to determine if they meet quality standards and specifications. They assess whether materials should be accepted, reworked, or rejected based on their inspection findings. This role often involves documenting results, following specific procedures, and collaborating with quality control and production teams to ensure compliance with company and regulatory standards. Material Disposition Inspectors play a critical role in maintaining product quality and minimizing waste in manufacturing and production environments.

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To thrive as a Material Disposition Inspector, you need a solid understanding of quality control standards, inspection techniques, and material handling procedures, often supported by a high school diploma or technical certification. Familiarity with inspection tools, ERP or inventory management systems, and relevant industry certifications such as ASQ are typically expected. Strong attention to detail, analytical thinking, and effective communication help inspectors accurately assess materials and coordinate with production teams. These skills ensure that only compliant materials are used in manufacturing, reducing defects and supporting overall product quality.

What are some common challenges material disposition inspectors face when coordinating with multiple departments?

Material Disposition Inspectors often work closely with quality assurance, production, and inventory teams to determine the appropriate disposition of nonconforming or excess materials. One common challenge is ensuring clear and timely communication between departments, especially when priorities differ or when documentation is incomplete. Inspectors must be detail-oriented, diplomatic, and proactive in resolving discrepancies and keeping all stakeholders informed to prevent production delays. Developing strong relationships and a thorough understanding of company procedures can help overcome these coordination hurdles.

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Principal Engineer, Material Review Board (R5309)

Dallas, TX • On-site

Shield AI
Software Development • 11 - 50 employees
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Job description

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. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and 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:
The Principal Material Review Board Engineer leads the development and execution of Material Review Board processes for fielded UAS platforms and related systems. This role is responsible for dispositioning nonconforming hardware, developing standard repair procedures, and establishing scalable repair governance processes for post-production, depot, and field sustainment operations.
This individual serves as a senior technical authority for repair development, nonconforming material disposition, returned material evaluation, production escape resolution, and sustainment repair governance. The role partners closely with responsible engineers, design engineering, manufacturing engineering, quality, supply chain, fleet support, sustainment engineering, and chief engineers to ensure repair dispositions protect structural integrity, safety, reliability, maintainability, configuration control, and fleet readiness.
The Principal MRB Engineer supports sustainment by driving technically sound, traceable, and repeatable dispositions for damaged components, field returns, production escapes, supplier nonconformances, and hardware issues that affect aircraft availability and customer support.
What you'll do:
  • Establish and mature the Material Review Board process for post-production hardware, fielded assemblies, depot repairs, and sustainment-related nonconformances.
  • Lead technical dispositions for nonconforming material, damaged hardware, returned components, field returns, production escapes, and repairable assemblies.
  • Develop standard repair procedures, repair limits, inspection criteria, and disposition guidance for recurring hardware issues.
  • Support returned material analysis, production quality deficiency reports, production escape investigations, and field hardware issue reviews.
  • Partner with responsible engineers, design engineering, manufacturing engineering, quality, fleet support, supply chain, and chief engineers to ensure dispositions are technically sound and executable.
  • Ensure MRB dispositions are documented, traceable, configuration-controlled, and aligned with engineering, quality, and sustainment requirements.
  • Identify trends in nonconformances, supplier issues, manufacturing defects, field damage, repair escapes, and recurring hardware failures.
  • Work with Failure Analysis, Reliability and Maintainability Engineering, and Root Cause and Corrective Action teams to resolve recurring hardware issues.
  • Partner with Manufacturing Engineering and Quality to improve inspection methods, acceptance criteria, repair execution, test processes, and production controls.
  • Support supplier quality investigations when supplier parts, materials, or assemblies impact aircraft sustainment or fleet readiness.
  • Provide technical input to corrective actions, product health reviews, repair governance reviews, and sustainment leadership updates.
  • Help ensure hardware issues are resolved in a way that protects safety, quality, reliability, configuration discipline, customer support, and fleet readiness.
  • Mentor engineers and cross-functional partners on MRB discipline, disposition quality, repair documentation, and sustainment repair governance.

Required qualifications:
  • 10+ years of experience in Material Review Board, quality engineering, manufacturing engineering, sustaining engineering, aerospace structures, aviation maintenance, hardware product support, or complex hardware sustainment.
  • Demonstrated experience dispositioning nonconforming hardware, damaged components, returned material, production escapes, field failures, or repairable assemblies.
  • Strong understanding of nonconforming material processes, MRB workflows, repair dispositions, inspection records, engineering documentation, and corrective action systems.
  • Experience developing or approving repair procedures, rework instructions, inspection criteria, use-as-is dispositions, repair dispositions, or scrap/replacement recommendations.
  • Strong technical judgment with the ability to evaluate hardware issues based on safety, structural integrity, reliability, maintainability, configuration impact, and fleet readiness.
  • Experience working across engineering, quality, manufacturing, supply chain, fleet support, sustainment, and operations teams to resolve hardware issues.
  • Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, inspection results, manufacturing records, repair records, and field evidence.
  • Strong documentation discipline, including the ability to write clear technical dispositions, repair rationale, risk assessments, and corrective action inputs.
  • Ability to operate independently as a principal technical IC and influence cross-functional decisions without direct authority.
  • Ability to balance engineering rigor, quality requirements, configuration control, field urgency, and customer support needs.

Preferred qualifications:
  • Experience with aviation, defense, aerospace manufacturing, unmanned systems, aircraft sustainment, depot repair, field repair, or deployed hardware systems.
  • Experience with composite structures, metallic structures, bonded assemblies, fastened assemblies, avionics hardware, propulsion components, payload interfaces, or complex electromechanical assemblies.
  • Familiarity with RCCA, FRACAS, PQDR, AS9100, configuration management, ECO/ECR processes, service bulletins, maintenance releases, or field retrofit execution.
  • Experience supporting supplier quality investigations, production escape resolution, returned material analysis, depot repair development, or field repair governance.
  • Experience building scalable MRB processes, repair governance mechanisms, standard repair libraries, or sustainment disposition workflows.
  • Experience supporting military, government, international, or deployed aviation customers.
  • Familiarity with ITAR, export-controlled technical data, controlled customer environments, or defense operational support.
  • Active Secret or Top Secret clearance preferred.

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Full-time regular employee offer package:
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Temporary employee offer package:
Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)
Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.
Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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