Manufacturing Process - Inspector (Entry Level) - #9825600

IAM Hourly represented employees who currently work at the main (Sunnyvale/Palo Alto) unit, Santa Cruz, VAFB or Eastern Range facilities must apply to open requisitions on Brass Ring to be considered for the position.

Where guidance and assistance is available if required perform a variety of inspection tasks relative to the acceptance or rejection for process or workmanship of in process or completed electronics parts, circuit card assemblies, boxes, cable harness assemblies, polymerics, solar array parts, solar array assemblies, mechanical satellite assemblies, and equipment. Inspection of processing of parts, assemblies, and materials for conformance to engineering drawings, specifications, and engineering data.

Working from engineering drawings, schematics, inspection criteria and other manufacturing engineering and test documentation inspect at in-process steps or at the completion of all work. Inspect a variety of electronics parts, electrical and mechanical assemblies and equipment such as printed circuit boards, flex circuitry, surface mount assemblies, solar assemblies/arrays, flight hardware, mechanical satellites subassemblies, flight hardware subassemblies and top assemblies, vehicle harnesses and ground support cables and ground support equipment for workmanship and manufacturing process conformity, verification of test setups. Visually review and compare with acceptable standards such processes and assembly operations as registration, plating, mechanical operations, soldering, polymetics, brazing, welding, swaging, wire wrap, lugging, splicing, routing, encapsulation, torquing and final assembly as related to mechanical subassemblies and electrical and electronics hardware. Support hardware test setup and troubleshooting per test processes.

Verify manufacturing processes and test activities are properly performs as documented in Manufacturing Processes Standards per the embedded Operations

Verification Instructions. Witness or perform manual hi-pot and continuity operations on wiring. Inspect the incorporation of design changes as required.

Inspect parts, assemblies, and materials for the results or effect of such processes or operations as anodizing, painting, chromodizing, etching, passivating, dichromating, pickling, plating, degreasing, rust preventing, sandblasting, etc., for conformance to blueprints, specifications, and other engineering data. Check or examine solutions and equipment used for processing to determine chemical, mechanical or electrical conformance with applicable specifications. Generate non-conformance documentation for hardware when requirements are not met.

Stamp or otherwise approve acceptable items, reject unacceptable items and prepare all necessary documentation. Verify completion of Material Review Board (MRB) actions using nonconformance system. Use information processing equipment as required to perform the above tasks. Assist quality engineers and managers in processing product, manufacturing, and test documentation as required to facilitate acceptance of hardware products.

Ability to obtain and maintain DOD security clearance