Quality Inspector

Voyager Technologies; Penrose; On-site; AUD 71,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Voyager Technologies invites a Quality Inspector to join the Voyager Energetics quality team in Penrose, CO. This on-site role focuses on visual inspection of materials and finished products, recording results, and supporting corrective actions in a safety-critical environment involving energetic materials.

You will follow SOPs, assist audits, and coordinate with engineering and operations to maintain traceability and compliance under ISO 9001 standards.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience in quality inspection within manufacturing, engineering, or construction environments.
• Exposure to ISO 9001-certified environments is a plus.
• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and specifications.

Responsibilities

• Perform incoming, in-process, and final visual inspections against drawings, specs, and customer requirements.
• Record inspection results and non-conformance reports, maintaining traceability logs.
• Identify, tag, and segregate non-conforming material; communicate issues to supervisors.
• Support internal audits and implementation of corrective/preventive actions.
• Follow SOPs and ensure safe handling in an explosives-related environment.
• Attend meetings and provide clear verbal and written communications.
• Maintain a clean and orderly working area.

Skills

Visual inspection

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Tools

Calipers

Micrometers

Gauges

Job description

Voyager is an innovative space, defense, and national security technology company committed to advancing and delivering transformative, mission-critical solutions. We tackle the most complex challenges to unlock new frontiers for human progress, fortify national security, and protect critical assets to lead in the race for technological and operational superiority from ground to space.

Forge the Future: Join Voyager Technologies

The future belongs to those who build it. At Voyager Technologies, we're building technologies that protect lives, expand frontiers and prepare us for what's next. And we're doing that with people who are wired to solve, build, adapt and lead. These roles are not for the faint of heart.

You'll help lay the foundation for humanity's future. Join a culture where innovation thrives, curiosity is rewarded, and impact is real. We're a company of doers, thinkers and builders, united by purpose and grounded in reality.

If you want to put your skills to work where the stakes are real and the mission is bigger than any one person, forge the future with Voyager.

The Quality Inspector For Voyager Energetics Is Responsible For

• Visual inspection – This role is primarily a visual inspection position: examining materials, components, or finished products by sight against specifications, drawings, and workmanship standards to verify conformance. Basic measurement tools (such as calipers or gauges) may be used only on an occasional, as-needed basis.
• Documentation and record-keeping – Recording inspection results and non-conformance reports accurately, maintaining logs that support traceability and regulatory or customer requirements.
• Identifying and reporting defects – Flagging products or processes that fail to meet quality standards, tagging or segregating defective items, and communicating issues to supervisors or production teams so corrective action can be taken.
• Supporting quality control processes – Following standard operating procedures (SOPs), participating in audits, and helping implement corrective/preventive actions to reduce recurring defects.

The position reports to the Quality Manager and is part of the Quality team based in Penrose, CO. This role is onsite in Penrose, CO.

Key Responsibilities

• Work safely by accurately and strictly following established standard operating procedures and following safety rules.
• Perform incoming, in-process, and final visual inspections of materials, components, and finished products against engineering drawings, specifications, and customer requirements.
• Visually identify surface defects, workmanship issues, and inconsistencies; use of precision measurement tools (calipers, micrometers, gauges) is occasional and secondary to visual inspection.
• Accurately record inspection results and non-conformance reports, and maintain logs to support traceability and audit readiness.
• Identify, tag, and segregate non-conforming material, and communicate issues promptly to supervisors and production teams.
• Assist with internal audits and support the implementation of corrective and preventive actions under the direction of the Quality Manager.
• Support manual visual inspection tasks related to energetic material processing, including verification checks during production, while following all established procedures.
• Special projects as assigned by management.
• Attend all required meetings and provide clear, professional verbal and email communications.
• Maintain a clean and orderly working environment.

In This Role, The Essential Functions Are

• This job requires working around explosives. Teamwork is especially important here in all aspects of the job as we strive for safety.
• Support the engineering and operations team by providing timely, accurate inspection data on solid rocket motor and energetic manufacturing systems.
• Follow documented inspection procedures and flag any deviations for engineering or Quality Manager review.

Minimum Qualification

Education

• High School or equivalent

Experience

• 1-3 years of experience in quality inspection within manufacturing, engineering, or construction environments
• Exposure to or experience within an ISO 9001-certified organization is a plus

Knowledge & Skills

• Visual inspection proficiency – Strong visual acuity and the ability to consistently identify small surface defects, workmanship issues