Quality Assurance Inspector

Leidos' Defense Systems Mission Assurance is seeking a Quality Assurance Inspector to join its Space Systems team in Huntsville, AL. The successful candidate will play a critical role in ensuring mechanical and electrical spaceflight hardware meets all requirements.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Support 1st shift operations (7:00 am – 3:30 pm Monday - Friday) at the assembly facility in Huntsville, AL.
• Perform quality inspections to verify that optical components, mechanical assemblies, electrical cables, and integrated hardware and testing activities meet specified drawing/specification requirements.
• Work with engineering and production team members in an interactive and collaborative environment.
• Work in a fast-paced development and production clean room environment with minimal supervision.
• Ensure nonconformances are properly documented and coordinate final dispositions with engineering.
• Other duties may include performing receiving inspection, logging shelf-life material, performing First Article Inspections, compiling End Item Data Packages, and measuring parts using standard measuring equipment.

Basic Qualifications:

• High School diploma or GED and 2-4 years of prior relevant work experience performing quality inspections or assembly, integration, or testing of high-performance systems.
• Must be able to obtain a Secret Clearance.
• Must be knowledgeable of standard inspection and measurement equipment.
• Must be able to interpret and apply Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing requirements.
• Must be able to witness test procedures and generate test/inspection reports.
• Must be able to read and interpret drawings, assembly schematics, design models, and specifications and prepare hand-written or computer-generated inspection reports.
• Experience with Microsoft Windows & Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, Outlook etc.).
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 25 lbs.
• Position requires candidate to be capable of performing in a collective environment working closely with multi-disciplinary teams & sub-tier partners.
• Must be able to pass an eye exam for visual inspection.
• Candidate must be a resident of, or willing to relocate to, the Huntsville, AL area.
• Must be able to consistently work on Saturdays.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Existing Secret security clearance.
• Knowledge and/or experience working with spaceflight hardware.
• Certified Quality Inspector.
• Experience performing First Article Inspections (FAI).
• Knowledge and/or experience working within an AS9100 company.

The pay range for this job is $48,100.00 - $86,950.00.