Flight Inspector Level 3 or 4

About the Role

Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector is seeking a Flight Inspector – Level 3 or Level 4 to join our Receiving Inspection Team in Chandler, AZ. This role ensures all incoming material meets contractual, configuration, and documentation requirements before acceptance into production.

Responsibilities

• Validate supplier documentation (e.g., Certificate of Conformance, test data, lot traceability) prior to material acceptance.
• Execute inspections per applicable Quality Specification Instructions, Work Instructions, and program-specific quality requirements.
• Initiate and complete inspection records in TIPQA; verify QC Inspection Required routing in Costpoint prior to acceptance.
• Initiate Nonconformance Reports (NCRs) and support Material Review Board (MRB) documentation for nonconforming material.
• Apply visual, dimensional, and documentation-based inspection techniques; enforce hold conditions on material with unresolved issues.
• Support root cause and corrective action (RCCA) reviews for escapes or systemic intake deficiencies.
• Collaborate with Procurement, Supplier Quality, and Production teams to resolve supplier documentation deficiencies.
• Operate and program CMM (Zeiss Calypso) and use inspection equipment such as microscopes, micrometers, telescope gauges, and optical comparators.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications for Level 3:

• High School diploma or equivalent and 4 years additional education and/or related experience.
• Full knowledge of inspection techniques using precision measuring instruments (micrometers, gauges, calipers, optical comparators).
• Experience initiating and documenting NCRs with factual evidence.
• Working knowledge of AS9100 or equivalent QMS, applied to receiving inspection.
• Familiarity with SQAR requirements, Q-code application, and CofC validation in a government contract environment.
• Ability to assist in training or checking the work of lower-level inspectors.

Basic Qualifications for Level 4:

• High School diploma or equivalent and 6 years additional education and/or related experience.
• Same requirements as Level 3, with additional experience and expertise.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency with TIPQA and Deltek Costpoint.
• Experience with SAP inspection type codes or equivalent ERP systems.
• IPC-A-600 familiarity for PWB acceptance inspection.
• CCAP or AS6081 training in counterfeit component detection.
• Experience supporting MRB disposition activities in an AS9100 or DCMA-oversight environment.
• Background in quality assurance, supplier quality, or incoming inspection in aerospace/defense manufacturing.

Pay

Primary Level Salary Range: $62,700.00 - $104,500.00
Secondary Level Salary Range: $74,500.00 - $124,100.00

Salary offers are based on factors such as scope of responsibilities, candidate experience, education, skills, and market conditions. Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonuses.