Inspector - (PCB)

OSI Electronics; St. Neots; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

OSI Electronics, UK, based in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, seeks an Inspector to perform PCB inspections during SMT, ensuring assemblies meet IPC-610A or customer standards. The role emphasizes quality, lean principles, and collaboration with production teams.

The successful candidate will contribute to right-first-time manufacturing and uphold the company’s values in a fast-paced electronics environment.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Operates on the factory shop floor providing 1st off inspection, direct batch inspection, sample inspection and process verification for electronics assembly by machine or hand.
• Maintain assemblies to drawings and required workmanship standards efficiently and with quality focus.
• Build strong relationships with production teams to ensure right-first-time and lean manufacturing principles are applied.
• Inspect production to build packs (BOMs and Drawings) and ensure IPC-610A or customer standards are met.
• Follow all production processes at all times.
• Provide feedback to operators on issues or rework and ensure rework meets standards.
• Minimise rework by flagging issues early and advising supervisors on training needs.
• Escalate trends to engineering/QA to promote a strong right-first-time culture.
• Uphold OSI Electronics’ core values of Integrity, Innovation, Accountability, and Teamwork.

Skills

Electronics manufacturing

Inspection experience

Tools

IPC-610A

Job description

OverviewOSI 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.

OverviewOSI 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 1 st 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 company’s 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.

OSI Systems, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively “OSI”) does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. If any person or entity, including a recruiter or agency, submits any information, including any resume or information regarding any potential candidate, without a signed agreement in place with OSI, OSI explicitly reserves the right to use such information, and pursue and/or hire such candidates, without any financial obligation to the person, recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited information or resumes, including those submitted directly to hiring managers, are considered and deemed to be the property of OSI.

OSI Systems, Inc. has three operating divisions: (a) Security, providing security and inspection systems, turnkey security screening solutions and related services; (b) Healthcare, providing patient monitoring, diagnostic cardiology and anesthesia systems; and (c) Optoelectronics and Manufacturing, providing specialized electronic components and electronic manufacturing services for original equipment manufacturers with applications in the defense, aerospace, medical and industrial markets, among others.