Primary Structures Inspector

Primary Structures Inspector

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalency certificate.
• 3+ years of inspection experience in an aerospace, military, or manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide detailed in-process inspections on flight hardware, using detailed drawings, CAD models, and established processes to verify conformance to design requirements.
• Communicate and help resolve quality related issues as they relate to other company products.
• Process non-conforming products and assist engineering in root cause analysis and corrective action.
• Routinely observe technical operations and offer guidance and/or serve as an additional technical resource.
• Evaluate manufacturing compliance to NASA, range safety, and customer, as well as internal specifications to meet launch and mission requirements.
• Identify, document, and resolve production and test anomalies in accordance with prescribed procedures and pursue corrective action as required.
• Interface with engineering and production to resolve nonconforming material issues.
• Read, interpret, and work from free form drawings as well as from controlled documentation and processes.
• Independently perform verifications and document results in a clear, precise, and complete manner.
• Operate dimensional inspection tools including manual approaches, Romer Arm, and laser tracker.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience reading and interpreting design drawings and CAD models.
• Extensive experience performing dimensional inspections.
• Experience with aerospace standards.
• Experience using calibrated inspection tools.
• Experience with assembling and testing manufactured hardware.
• Experience with quality assurance principles, methods, and processes.
• Experience inspecting 3D printed hardware.
• Intermediate level skill with Google products (Sheets, Slides, etc.).
• Intermediate level skill with Windows operating systems.
• Good communication skills and the ability to articulate aerospace hardware and systems problems to technical professionals to initiate resolutions.
• Substantial knowledge of the control of nonconforming hardware, failure/root cause analysis, corrective, and preventive action processes.
• Knowledgeable with ISO 9001/AS9100 quality management systems.
• Proficient with computers, the ability to use MS Office, shop floor management software (ERP) and related programs.
• Ability to work independently with a strong work ethic, be innovative, detail oriented, possess initiative, and team oriented.