Quality Assurance Inspector

Job purpose

The quality assurance position works directly with quality assurance supervisors, analyzing manufacturing processes for improvement using various methods of testing and inspection.

Duties and responsibilities

• Assures the quality of products
• Evaluates technical documents such as drawings and specifications for adequate quality requirements and in-process controls
• Performs flight equipment inspection and verification
• Prepares test readiness review documentation and identifies hardware pre-test status
• Approves work authorization documents and establishes mandatory inspection points.
• Provides inputs to milestone reviews and boards. Assists Quality Assurance Specialists.
• Evaluates discrepancy reports and concurs on Material Review Board decisions.
• Evaluates engineering changes and waivers for quality assurance impacts. Perform trend analysis of nonconformance's and prepares reports.
• Evaluates inspection and test methods, tools, instruments, and processes for effectiveness. Abides by and enforces adherence to published safety procedures.
• Reports to a more senior Quality Engineer, supervisor or a manager
• All other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, manufacturing engineering or equivalent (or Associate's degree in these fields plus minimum 2 years of industrial experience) or 3- 5 years of experience
• Training in general safety, electrostatic discharge awareness, foreign object damage awareness and quality system awareness

Competencies

• Technical capacity
• Communication proficiency
• Problem-solving/analysis
• Decision-making
• Initiative
• Results driven
• Thoroughness

Working environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computer, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical requirements

The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and move objects up to 25 pounds.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Position Expectations

This is a full-time position and hours of work are Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. No travel is expected for this position.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer as defined by the EEOC