Inspector

OSI Electronics UK; St. Neots; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

OSI Electronics UK, based in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, is seeking an Inspector to perform PCB inspections during SMT, referencing IPC standards and customer requirements.

You will work on the shop floor conducting first-off and batch inspections, verifying assemblies against drawings and BOMs, and contributing to right-first-time production through feedback and collaboration with production teams. The role focuses on quality, IPC guidance, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Electronics manufacturing experience required.
• Direct inspection experience preferred.
• Familiarity with IPC-610A workmanship standards or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Operates on the factory shop floor performing first-off, direct batch, and sample inspection for PCB assembly.
• Ensures all assemblies meet drawings and required workmanship standards in an efficient, quality-focused manner.
• Develops strong relationships with production team members to apply right-first-time and lean manufacturing principles.
• Verify production against build packs (BOMs and Drawings) and maintain IPC-610A or customer-specified workmanship standards.
• Provide feedback to operators on issues or rework and ensure rework is completed to standard.
• Escalate trends to engineering/QA to promote a strong right-first-time policy.
• Uphold company values of Integrity, Innovation, Accountability, and Teamwork.

Skills

Electronics manufacturing

Direct inspection experience

IPC-610A familiarity

Tools

IPC standards

Build packs review

Job description

OSI Electronics, UK is based in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. From design, prototype, and PCB assembly to volume box builds, we make electronic products for UK and overseas markets. Being electronics specialists, providing the highest quality, reliability, on-time deliveries, and customer support in UK electronics manufacturing. We focus on end-to-end electronic device manufacturing, customisable to meet the individual requirements of UK and International companies and Original Equipment Manufacturers.

The Inspector will perform inspection of printed circuit boards (PCBs) during the SMT stage of the manufacturing process, with reference to IPC standards as well as specific customer instruction.

Responsibilities

• Operates within the factory shop floor, providing first off inspection, direct batch inspection, sample inspection and process verification for the assembly of electronics both by machine and hand.
• A disciplined approach ensuring all assemblies are built to drawing and the required workmanship standards in an efficient and quality focused manner.
• To develop strong, effective relationships with the individual production team members to ensure that our right first time and lean manufacturing principles are applied.
• Ensure all assembly work is undertaken to the appropriate build standard by reference to supplied build packs (BOMS and Drawings) ensuring relevant workmanship standard (IPC-610A or customer specified equivalent) are maintained.
• Ensure all production processes are followed at all times.
• Provide feedback to production operators of any identified issues or rework.
• Ensure all rework is completed to the required standard.
• Minimise rework by ensuring all operators are aware of any issues that arise during the production processes and help identify and feedback to supervisors where further training is required.
• Escalate any identified trends to engineering / QA and promote a strong right first time policy.
• Uphold the companys core values of Integrity, Innovation, Accountability, and Teamwork.

Qualifications

• Electronics manufacturing. Essential
• Experience in direct inspection. Desirable
• Ideally inspection experience with reference to workmanship standards such as IPC610A.

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