Coordinate Precision Inspector

Solar Turbines•San Diego, CA

8d•$24 - $43

About The Position

The Coordinate Precision Inspector performs complete inspections of experimental and production parts and assemblies to verify conformance to standards, using precision measuring instruments and equipment. The role plans and interprets inspection procedures, performs process and acceptance inspections, evaluates tooling and manufacturing capabilities, and recommends improvements to tool design or planning. It also inspects, calibrates, repairs, and troubleshoots precision measuring tools, gauges, and related devices.

Requirements

High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
At least 3 years of inspection experience.
Ability to learn CMM programming and operation.
Ability to read blueprints.

Nice To Haves

5 years of inspection experience.
CMM operation background.

Responsibilities

Plan and interpret inspection procedures and sequences, including layouts, setups, and required mathematical computations, using engineering prints, drawings, work orders, specifications, and standards.
Perform process inspections of experimental operations during fabrication and assembly.
Inspect first-run parts and assemblies to demonstrate manufacturing and inspection capabilities of tools and fixtures, and provide collected data to Quality Assurance to establish standards and procedures.
Inspect first-run, production, or experimental parts and assemblies when inspection tooling or methods are inadequate.
Plan and perform inspections of tooling and precision measuring devices in accordance with applicable standards, orders, service requests, and design specifications.
Inspect tooling such as jigs, fixtures, dies, patterns, parallels, templates, and other special- and general-purpose tools with complex locating points, dimensions, angles, and contours; recommend tool design or planning revisions where appropriate.
Perform complete or percentage acceptance inspections of gears, master gears, splines, and gearlike products for specified dimensions and characteristics, including lead error, involute error, concentricity, tooth spacing, backlash, and surface roughness.
Inspect, adjust, replace components in, and repair precision measuring tools, including transits, tool gauges, master gauges, micrometers, optical comparators, and probagraphs.
Calibrate flow transducers, pressure-measuring devices, and strain gauges.
Lay out diagrams for optical comparators in accordance with engineering or tool design change orders.
Approve acceptable tooling or recommend its return to the vendor.
Perform periodic checks to verify that tools and precision gauges retain their dimensional characteristics.
Plan calibration, repair, and troubleshooting procedures for tooling and precision measuring devices.
Perform duties assigned under the Inspector, General classification.