Mechanical Inspector

Responsibilities

• Perform Quality Assurance Specialist (QAS) inspection functions for space flight hardware in accordance with established customer and company requirements.
• Program and operate Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM), Optical Systems (Laser Tracker, Wide Area CMM, etc.).
• Maintain current company and customer-required training and certifications necessary to uphold quality inspection stamp authorization and warranty expectations.
• Execute quality requirements in accordance with customer-approved quality assurance plans, policies, and specifications during all phases of hardware fabrication, testing, first article inspections, and final end-item inspections.
• Apply working knowledge of AS9100/ISO9001 Quality System requirements, or equivalent industry standards, while interpreting complex blueprints, technical charts, and specification sheets.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• This position has been posted at multiple levels (must meet minimum level indicated).
• Must have 5+ years of recent and related work experience.
• Ability to read and interpret complex blueprints, technical charts, and specification sheets.
• Ability to program and operate Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM) to perform precision measurements of hardware and components.
• Must be proficient with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) requirements IAW ASME Y14.5.
• Must be capable of performing inspections to engineering models for determining compliance using CMMs, Laser Trackers and Optical systems.
• Able to control measuring and test equipment calibration and maintaining equipment to specifications.
• Ability to work with company and customer personnel to resolve inspection questions and communicate technical issues to project engineers to ensure compliance with final product specification requirements.
• Strong understanding of configuration control principles.
• Able to initiate non-conformance reports, document and report inspection results, and monitor corrective actions for effectiveness.
• Maintain current company and customer training certifications required to uphold quality inspection stamp authorization and warranty expectations.
• Execute quality requirements in accordance with customer-approved quality assurance plans, policies, and specifications during all phases of hardware fabrication, testing, first article inspections, and final end-item inspections.

Desired

• Experience with engineering drawing review and approval (Inspectability).
• Read and interpret complex blueprints, technical charts, and specification sheets.
• Initiate non-conformance reports, document and report inspection results, and monitor corrective action implementation for effectiveness.
• Work with company and customer representatives to resolve inspection questions and communicate technical issues to project engineers to ensure compliance with final product specification requirements.
• Interpret and apply higher-level quality assurance system requirements while performing all assigned quality assurance duties.
• Perform accurate mechanical, physical, and visual inspections, conduct process surveillance through witnessing and monitoring techniques, and verify test results and documentation for raw materials, components, and sub-assemblies in accordance with approved inspection documents and specification requirements.

Work Location

This position is located onsite; some travel may be required. Schedules are subject to change based on the requirements of the position and/or customer needs.

Background Investigations

All Bastion employees must be able to pass a national agency check and some positions require clearance and will require an extensive background verification/check process.

Drug and Alcohol Screening

All Bastion employees must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen and are required to participate in periodic random drug and alcohol screenings.

Bastion Benefits

Bastion offers a wide range of benefits for their full-time employees; medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, disability benefits, life insurance, retirement 401k, vacation, sick pay, holidays, flexible work schedules (when available), along with many other options.

About Bastion

Bastion offers career opportunities with competitive benefits, exciting possibilities for advancement, and an exceptional work environment; the well-being of our employees is a priority, and our flexibility allows our employees a great work life balance.

Workplace Excellence

At Bastion, we are passionate about our people and our safety culture. Individual thoughts, opinions, and perspectives bring value and help us develop solutions for challenging problems, they make us more inventive, and more resilient. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status. Bastion participates in e-Verify.