Quality Control Inspector

Piasecki Aircraft Corporation; Coatesville, Northern (Chester County, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Piasecki Aircraft Corporation seeks a Quality Inspector to perform receiving, in-process, and final inspections on aerospace components, airframes, and powerplants. You will read drawings, GD&T data, and use precision measuring tools.

This role ensures conformance to FAA regulations, AS9100, and quality systems, documents non-conformances, and collaborates with engineering and manufacturing to improve methods. A valid FAA A&P certificate and 3–5 years' experience preferred.

Qualifications

• BA or BS in a technical or related discipline.
• Licensure: Valid FAA A&P certificate.
• 3–5 years of hands-on aircraft maintenance and quality inspection experience.
• Proficiency reading blueprints and GD&T data.
• Knowledge of safety requirements and FAA FARs.
• Working knowledge of AS9100 quality system requirements.
• Experience with MS Office tools (Word, Excel, Teams, PPT).

Responsibilities

• Perform receiving, in-process, and final dimensional inspections on machined or assembled aerospace components.
• Read specifications and GD&T data from engineering drawings and blueprints.
• Operate precision measurement tools such as calipers, micrometers, height gauges, optical comparators, and borescopes.
• Identify, segregate, document, and quarantine non-conforming parts; initiate corrective actions.
• Inspect and sign off on repairs, modifications, and return‑to‑service documents under FAA regulations.
• Ensure quality policies, procedures, and government requirements are followed.
• Collaborate with management to improve products, processes, and training methods.
• Prepare quality documentation and reports by collecting and summarizing data and trends.
• Maintain professional knowledge by attending workshops and reviewing publications.

Skills

Blueprint reading

GD&T

Precision measurement

Safety/regulatory knowledge

Education

BA/BS in technical field

FAA A&P certificate

Tools

MS Office (Word/Excel/Teams/PPT)

Calipers/micrometers/height gauges

Optical comparators/borescopes

Job description

The Quality Inspector will perform critical inspections of manufactured and procured components, as well as inspections on airframes, powerplants, and logbooks. The Quality Inspector ensures that from raw materials to finished products, components meet the quality, integrity, and efficiency standards set by the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Perform Inspections: Conduct receiving, in-process, and final dimensional inspections on machined or assembled aerospace components.
• Read Specifications: Interpret complex engineering drawings, blueprints, and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) data.
• Use Precision Tools: Operate tools such as calipers, micrometers, height gauges, optical comparators, borescopes, and other measuring devices.
• Manage Non-Conformances: Segregate, document, and quarantine defective or non-conforming parts, initiating corrective action requests when necessary.
• Airworthiness Approval: Inspect and sign off on aircraft repairs, modifications, and return-to-service documents under FAA regulations.
• Assure and maintain product quality by enforcing quality assurance policies and procedures, standards, regulatory guidelines, and government requirements.
• Acts as liaison with external parties on matters relating to the quality system.
• Evaluate and develop improved techniques for the control of quality, reliability, and safety.
• Contribute to establishing standards for the disposition of finished product by devising evaluation tests, methods, and procedures.
• Institutes rework standards by devising inspection and physical testing methods and procedures.
• Creates product quality documentation system by writing and updating quality assurance procedures.
• Collaborate with other members of management to develop new product and engineering designs and manufacturing and training methods. Prepares product and process quality reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
• Achieves financial objectives by preparing the quality assurance budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Qualifications

• BA or BS in technical or related discipline
• Licensure: Valid FAA Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) certificate.
• Experience: Minimum of 3–5 years of hands-on aircraft maintenance and quality inspection experience.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in blueprint reading, GD&T, schematic interpretation, and operating precision measurement equipment.
• Knowledge of safety requirements and legal standards (FAA FARs)
• Working knowledge of quality system requirements (AS9100)
• Experience with MS suite of tools (i.e. Word, Excel, Teams, PPT)

Preferred

• Experience with Non-Destructive Inspection