1st Shift Quality Inspector III (Onsite)

RTX • Phoenix, AZ

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Collins Aerospace’s Powers & Controls team is hiring a Quality Inspector to inspect repaired electronic components and related paperwork. The role focuses on physical inspection and documentation review to ensure workmanship, quality, and customer requirements are met, and components are returned to service in airworthy condition with accurate, complete records. A secondary responsibility is performing final inspections.

The position is onsite in Phoenix, Arizona. The posting identifies the role as first shift, but its schedule section lists a second-shift schedule of Monday through Friday, 3:30 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. Training may take place on first or second shift depending on business needs; first-shift training is Monday through Friday, 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., for up to 60 days. Occasional weekend and holiday support may be needed.

Requirements

• High school diploma and at least 2 years of relevant experience; without a high school diploma or GED, 4 years of relevant experience is required.
• Familiarity with quality inspection principles.
• U.S. citizenship is required because only U.S. citizens may access information under this program or contract.
• Ability to distinguish colors and meet vision requirements.
• Ability to bend, stoop, reach, and turn as needed to handle units and materials.
• Ability to use hands for extended periods for testing and troubleshooting, including grasping, holding, picking, placing, twisting, and fine manipulation.
• Ability to stand for up to 8 hours per day.
• Ability to lift up to 40 pounds and transport products with or without carts.
• Ability to wear static-control and personal protective equipment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience creating FAA Form 8130 documents.
• Experience with SAP or another ERP system.
• Experience with blueprints or technical drawings.
• Soldering experience.
• Prior component-level troubleshooting experience.
• A&P license.

Responsibilities

• Inspect rework and assembly performed by others, and solder electronic components in accordance with IPC-A-610 and J-STD.
• Understand and articulate written customer flow-down instructions, including purchase orders and technical documentation.
• Read and interpret component maintenance manuals, assembly and work instructions, engineering prints, and service bulletins.
• Generate Authorized Release Certificates for civil aviation authorities or Certificates of Conformance for military customers.
• Check assemblies for defects in assembly, soldering, bonding, or finish.
• Perform unit shakedowns to check for foreign objects and loose internal hardware.
• Mark defects and set rejected components aside for repair.
• Maintain appropriate records and review work-order documentation for accuracy and completeness and compliance with specifications, company standards, and customer requirements.
• Interact effectively with teammates, support staff, and external customers, including during source inspections and external approvals.
• Issue scrap certificates.
• Comply with electrostatic discharge (ESD) and foreign object damage (FOD) programs.
• Provide constructive feedback to teammates when corrections are needed.
• Work with minimal oversight in a multidisciplinary team, providing insight and solutions to technical and procedural issues.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• 401(k) plan with employer matching and a separate employer retirement contribution
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan repayment program
• Life insurance
• Disability coverage
• Optional pet insurance
• Optional home and auto insurance
• Optional additional life and accident insurance
• Optional critical illness insurance
• Optional group legal coverage
• Optional identity theft protection
• Birth, adoption, and parental leave benefits
• Fertility and family-planning benefits
• Adoption assistance
• Autism benefit
• Employee assistance plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Wellness rewards program
• Virtual doctor visits
• Child and elder care services
• Second-opinion medical service
• Flexible spending accounts
• Paid time off and holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED