Aerospace Quality Inspector II - Precision & Compliance

Mercury Systems; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 38,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus opportunities

Health insurance

Stock purchase plan

Tuition reimbursement

LinkedIn Learning

Headspace

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Job summary

Mercury Systems in Columbia, MD is seeking a Quality Inspector to ensure electro-mechanical assemblies meet stringent aerospace requirements. The role supports incoming, in-process, and final inspections, with emphasis on spot checks, 1st-piece verification, and 100% inspection as needed.

You will verify documentation, identify deviations, conduct root-cause analyses, and collaborate with Quality and Engineering.

Qualifications

• High-School Diploma or equivalent.
• 3+ years of experience in quality assurance for electro-mechanical assemblies and related inspections.
• Experience with incoming, in-process and final inspections including customer source inspections.
• Ability to spend long hours using a microscope.
• Experience with IPC Industry Standards.

Responsibilities

• Ensure quality at production line level with spot-inspection, sampling, 1st-piece verification and 100% inspection as required.
• Verify in-process material against customer and industry standards.
• Ensure accurate documentation recording and collection.
• Identify defects and non-conformities; collaborate with Quality and Engineering.
• Investigate root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Support first-piece verification runs with accompanying documents.
• Document non-conformities to process and specifications.
• Initiate regular quality line-audits for documentation, consumables, and tooling checks.
• Advocate proper ESD, PPE and FOD prevention and ISO verifications.
• Operate appropriate inspection equipment.

Skills

Quality inspection

Electro-mechanical QA

Documentation

Root cause analysis

Communication

Team collaboration

Microscope use

Education

High-School Diploma

Tools

Microscope

Inspection equipment

IPC/IPC610 knowledge

Job description

Mercury Systems in Columbia, MD is seeking a Quality Inspector to ensure electro-mechanical assemblies meet stringent aerospace requirements. The role supports incoming, in-process, and final inspections, with emphasis on spot checks, 1st-piece verification, and 100% inspection as needed.

You will verify documentation, identify deviations, conduct root-cause analyses, and collaborate with Quality and Engineering.