Quality Inspector

SYOS Aerospace; Fareham; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

SYOS Aerospace is seeking a Quality Inspector to oversee goods receipt, in-process production and final inspection, ensuring components and assemblies meet strict aerospace standards. You will work with the Quality Manager and production teams, gradually taking on broader inspection responsibilities across critical characteristics.

Role involves verifying documentation, training operators, and supporting First Article Inspection as needed.

Qualifications

• Inspection experience in aerospace/defence or regulated manufacturing.
• Ability to read engineering drawings and use hand metrology tools.
• Accurate record keeping and sign-off only after verification.

Responsibilities

• Carry out inspections across goods receipt, in-process production and final inspection, following inspection and Control Plans and recording results.
• Review certificates, material documentation, batch/lot info, shelf life, packaging and dimensional requirements.
• Conduct in-process checks: harness workmanship, torque, sealing, composites and assembly completeness.
• Independently verify critical and safety-critical characteristics and sign-off.
• Coach and audit operator inspections to transition routine checks to trained staff.
• Perform final inspection activities including configuration, traceability, labeling and packaging.
• Identify and control non-conforming product; raise nonconformances and support containment.

Skills

Inspection experience

Reading drawings

Hand metrology

Nonconformance management

Record keeping

Team collaboration

BPSS compliance

Tools

ERP system

QMS software

Job description

Build quality into the future of autonomous systems.

SYOS designs and manufactures advanced uncrewed systems across air, land, sea and subsurface. We combine intelligent engineering, AI-driven autonomy and innovative design to create next-generation vehicles operating in some of the world's most challenging environments.

Our mission is to extend human capability, protect people and deliver operational advantage through accessible, scalable and intelligent autonomous technology.

About The Role

As a Quality Inspector, you'll play a hands-on role across the site's key quality gates — goods receipt, in-process production and final inspection. You'll work closely with the Quality Manager and wider production team to ensure components, assemblies and finished products meet the required quality standards. As you build competence, you'll become authorised across different inspection areas, giving you the opportunity to develop a broad understanding of the production process.

During the early production ramp, you'll carry out in-process inspections directly before helping transfer routine checks to trained operators. Over time, your focus will develop towards independent verification of critical characteristics, auditing operator inspections and final inspection.

What You'll Be Doing

• Carry out inspections across goods receipt, in-process production and final inspection, following inspection and Control Plans and accurately recording measured results.


• Perform receiving inspections, including reviewing certificates, material documentation, part approval status, batch/lot information, shelf life, packaging and dimensional requirements.


• Conduct in-process checks covering areas such as harness workmanship, torque and sealing, composite inspection and assembly completeness.


• Independently verify critical and safety-critical characteristics and special process steps that require quality sign-off.


• Support the transition of routine inspections to trained operators by coaching, verifying and auditing operator inspection activities.


• Complete final inspection activities including configuration, traceability, identification, build records, packaging and labelling, supporting First Article Inspection where required.


• Identify and control non-conforming product by raising nonconformances, quarantining product and supporting containment and investigation activities.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for a quality professional who is hands-on, detail-focused and confident making quality decisions in a production environment.

You’ll Ideally Have

• Inspection experience within aerospace, defence, automotive or another regulated manufacturing environment.


• Experience reading engineering drawings and using hand metrology equipment such as calipers, micrometers, gauges and torque tools.


• A strong commitment to accurate inspection and record keeping — you measure, record what you find and don't sign off work you haven't checked.


• Confidence raising and managing nonconformances with production teams.


• Experience recording inspection results within an ERP or quality management system.


• Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with Production, Engineering and Quality teams.


• Ability to meet Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) requirements.

It Would Be Advantageous If You Also Have

• IPC/WHMA-A-620 or IPC-A-610 certification.


• CMM operation experience.


• Composite or mechanical assembly inspection experience.


• Receiving inspection and certificate review experience.


• Aerospace, defence or uncrewed systems experience.


• Experience coaching operators or auditing operator self-inspection.


• A quality qualification such as CQI.

To be eligible for this role, you must be able to meet the Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). This includes confirming your identity, legal right to work in the UK, recent employment history, and criminal record (unspent convictions only).

Why join SYOS?

This is an opportunity to join the founding Quality team at a new UK production facility and help establish the inspection standards and processes that will support SYOS as we scale. You'll work alongside engineers, production specialists and other quality professionals building advanced autonomous systems across air, land, sea and subsurface.

At SYOS, we value communication, collaboration, integrity, delivery and continuous improvement. We want people who take ownership, ask questions, challenge constructively and care about getting the details right.

If you're a Quality Inspector looking for a hands-on role where your work directly contributes to the quality and reliability of next-generation autonomous systems, we'd love to hear from you.