Quality Control Technician - Manufacturing Inspector

Bastion Technologies•Houston, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Control Technician - Manufacturing Inspector will support the space program located in Houston, Texas. Responsible for holding buy-off authority on the production floor, accepting, rejecting, or holding mission-critical hardware at each inspection point.

Requirements

This position requires US Citizenship or Permanent Resident status due to the sensitivity of customer related information.
Must have an associate degree or equivalent.
Must have 3+ years of recent and related work experience.
In lieu of degree: Candidates with 5+ years of recent and related work experience will be considered.
Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and inspection criteria.
Experience with flight hardware traceability, parts/materials/process control, or mission-critical hardware inspection.
Familiarity with AS9100/ISO 9001 requirements and MIP/buy-off documentation practices, including inspection stamp authorization.
Familiarity with NASA quality assurance requirements (NPR 8735.2, NASA-STD-8709.22, or NASA-STD-8739 series workmanship standards).
Experience supporting root cause analysis or nonconformance documentation (CAPA, MRB).
Must have experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and TEAMS.
All of Bastion's employees must be team players with strong work ethics and must be culture oriented.
Able to communicate effectively, verbally and in written form, with internal and external customers.
Able to follow company programs, processes, procedures, practices, requirements, goals, and objectives.
Must be organized with good time management skills and must be able to work outside normal schedule and adjust schedule to meet peak periods and surge requirements.

Nice To Haves

IPC-J-STD-001 certification, ideally with the Space Addendum.
IPC/WHMA-A-620 certification for cable and wire harness assemblies.
Experience with CMM or other dimensional inspection equipment.

Responsibilities

Perform in-process floor inspections at designated Manufacturing Inspection Points (MIPs) per the production traveler, verifying conformance to drawings, specifications, and work instructions.
Buy off MIPs once conformance is verified; withhold buy-off and stop the line when nonconformance is identified.
Apply NASA workmanship and quality requirements (NASA-STD-8739 series; fastener and torque requirements) on flight and mission-critical hardware.
Use precision measurement and inspection equipment appropriate to each MIP's inspection criteria.
Document inspection results, buy-off records, and nonconformances in the traveler and QMS in real time.
Identify and immediately communicate quality anomalies and process deviations; support containment of affected product.
Verify tool control and confirm equipment calibration prior to use.
Maintain a clean, organized, FOD-controlled inspection station.
Other duties as assigned.