Quality Assurance Technician

Design Hire LLC; Hartford (VT); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Design Hire LLC in White River Junction, VT is seeking a Quality Assurance Technician to uphold our manufacturing standards through hands-on inspection, process monitoring, and documentation. This role is critical to ensuring all products meet established quality requirements before reaching customers.

You will inspect components and assemblies, log findings, verify production operations against procedures, and calibrate tools.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of quality assurance experience in a manufacturing setting.
• Proficient with measuring instruments such as calipers and micrometers.
• Able to interpret mechanical drawings, tolerances and part specifications.
• Detail-oriented with strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Understanding of ISO 9001 or similar quality systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Inspect components and assemblies to verify quality and accuracy.
• Log inspection findings and escalate quality issues to supervisors or quality engineers.
• Observe and verify production operations align with internal quality procedures.
• Perform routine maintenance and calibration of inspection tools and gauges.
• Work with manufacturing teams to identify defects and assist with root cause analysis.
• Contribute to quality improvement efforts to reduce scrap and improve consistency.

Skills

Quality assurance

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Tools

Calipers

Micrometers

Job description

White River Junction, United States | Posted on 09/01/2026

Overview:

We’re hiring a Quality Assurance Technician to help uphold our manufacturingstandards through hands‑on inspection, process monitoring, and documentation.This role plays a critical part in ensuring all products meet establishedquality requirements before reaching the customer.

Responsibilities:

• Inspect components and assemblies throughout the production process to verifyquality and accuracy.
• Log inspection findings and escape quality issues to supervisors or qualityengineers.
• Observe and verify that production operations align with internal qualityprocedures.
• Perform routine maintenance and calibration of inspection tools and gauges.
• Work in partnership with manufacturing teams to identify defects and assistwith root cause analysis.
• Contribute to ongoing quality improvement efforts to reduce scrap and enhanceconsistency.

Requirements:

• At least 2 years of quality assurance experience in a manufacturing or production setting.
• Proficient with measuring instruments like calipers, micrometers, and otherinspection equipment.
• Capable of interpreting mechanical drawings, tolerances, and partspecifications.
• Detail-oriented with strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Understanding of quality systems such as ISO 9001 or similar standards is aplus.

Design Hire is proud to bean Equal Employment Opportunity / Affinity Action employer. It is our policyto consider for employment all individuals regardless of age, color, nationalorigin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion,gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, geneticinformation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal,state, or local law.

Employment Eligibility:

if hired, a Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification must becompleted at the start of employment. Temporary work authorization or the needfor sponsorship may disqualify you from employment.