Quality Inspector A

About the role

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Quality Inspector A to join our Quality Assurance Team in Grand Prairie, TX. The Quality Inspector A is responsible to ensure compliance with Airbus Helicopters Inc. policies, procedures and Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) and/or European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) regulations as applicable. This role performs preliminary, hidden damage, in-process and final inspections; performs receiving inspections approving or rejecting incoming materials through established receiving inspection processes while recording quality inspection results; is required to work with inspection tools, aids and devices to determine tolerances and specification limits; and is responsible for performing detailed inspections of parts, materials, paint, backshop activities, functional tests, operational test and dimensional inspections of aircraft, systems and components to determine airworthiness.

Meet the team: From building to servicing the next generation of aerospace, our team focuses on quality, productivity and efficiency. We ensure the highest quality of care and safety is built into each aircraft we assemble and maintain.

Your working environment: A suburb just outside the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area is home to Airbus Helicopters U.S. regional headquarters, where we have more than 1,000 employees.

Responsibilities

• Inspection (60%)
  • Perform required technical inspections to receive or reject incoming material, airframes, aircraft components and to detect/report suspected unapproved parts
  • Perform in-process inspections for components in electrical backshops, manufacturing, composites, MRO and paint shop to judge the serviceability or rejection of manufactured parts, electrical components, and paint
  • Perform detailed inspections of manufactured components such as but not limited to dimensional checks and acoustic tap testing
  • Inspect aircraft aluminium, titanium or steel structures for cracks, corrosion, damage and improper assembly
  • Determine proper shimming and joining of structures with rivets or other hardware in accordance with design drawings, engineering disposition, and other approved data
  • Detect hidden damage during inspections of airframe structures, components and sub-assemblies that could occur during shipping, receiving, or manufacturing
  • Verify build of aircraft system wiring harnesses, connectors and electrical terminations as per design drawings
  • Physically and systematically quarantine non-conforming components and assemblies identified during inspections
  • Monitor the use of Measuring and Test Equipment to ensure it is well maintained and current relative to its calibration cycle
  • Perform stock inspections/purges when notified of possible non-conforming/suspected unapproved material
  • Evaluate and disposition sales returns
  • Select product samples and check them using appropriate methods (measuring dimensions, testing functionality, comparing to specifications etc.) to validate conformity to approved drawings and manuals
  • Accomplish in-process and final quality inspections for conformity, maintenance, repair, modification, rework and overhaul of aircraft components and sub-assemblies
  • Perform conformity inspections for Supplemental Type Certificated (STC) development projects, parts manufacturer approval (PMA) parts, structural and electrical components
  • Inspect multiple airframe components to determine proper fit, form and function of the components
  • Validate disposition of parts or repaired parts routed to shop floor, from warehouse, internal shops and suppliers for conformity and serviceability in accordance with approved data
  • Qualify dynamic component parts applying visual inspection and precision measurement methods
  • Observe and validate instrument connections, functional or operational tests, adjustments of aircraft radios, navigational systems and flight control systems and instruments to ensure they meet required specifications
  • Ensure compliance with all applicable calendar/hourly inspections, life limited or cycle limited components, airworthiness directives and alert service bulletins
  • Verification of testing for emergency locator transmitters (ELT), Transponders, Altimeters, Airspeed Indicators and Air Data Computers in accordance with Title 14 CFR Parts 91, 135 and 43
• Documentation (30%)
  • Ensure proper tagging, identification and airworthiness of parts released to Airframe, Engines, and Accessories
  • Compare quantity, part number, and serial number of items received with procurement data, purchase orders and other specifications to ensure accuracy and completeness
  • Create, distribute, track in SAP and disposition the monthly Shelf Life Expiration Date (SLED) report as directed
  • Create QN/NCs for non-conforming material detected and coordinate with Quality Engineers on non-conformity resolution
  • Ensure all materials have required documentation (i.e. 8130-3, EASA Form, Certificate of Conformance)
  • Process Goods Receipts during receiving of material
  • Document applicable maintenance actions for airframe, engine, accessories and components in accordance with FAA and EASA approved regulations and company procedures
  • Research airworthiness directives, service bulletins, and alert service bulletins for applicability to aircraft and/or components
  • Read and validate engineering drawings, reports, and test specifications
  • Properly identify and document items in quality quarantine cage
  • Document and prepare airframe, engine, accessories or components for return to service after production, maintenance, overhaul, repair, inspection, test or modification
  • Compose and prepare required delivery documentation in relation to qualifying the airworthiness or return to service of