Quality Tooling Inspector

Lockheed Martin•Palmdale, CA

8d•$31 - $52•Onsite

About The Position

Determines methods, sequences, and inspection operations required, inspects and approves or rejects precision tools during and after manufacture for workmanship, accuracy, practicability and conformance to other specifications; inspects all types of tooling such as jigs, patterns, tool masters, fixtures, templates, master layouts, foundry dries, and dies, involving multiple coordinated location points, dimensions and/or tooling holes in several planes not at right angles or parallel to one another, irregular contours requiring spring-back and dimensional calculations, multiple acting principles and computation of compound angles; inspects metal or cloth layouts and templates involving the coordination with mating parts of adjacent contours and assemblies, making all needed measurements and compensations to check triangulations; inspects templates made to exacting tolerances from blueprints for irregular shaped and complex parts checking or making three dimensional projection to resolve canted views; inspects government-owned equipment for conformance to specified requirements, and inspects first-run completed parts and assemblies manufactured either on Company or government-owned equipment, checking for conformance to specifications, workmanship, accuracy and practicability by reference to tool designs, manufacturing plans, engineering drawing and other authorized information; recommends necessary rework and corrections. Performs the duties described herein in one or more of the following tool inspections fields, and applies a basic knowledge of the others: A. Assembly, jigs, fixtures, and masters B. Masters, gauges, and tools and dies used on such machines as standard power tools, punch presses, power brakes, etc. C. Wood, plastic, and/or plaster patterns and master models D. Templates and master layouts Inspects Product Support Equipment for conformance to specifications as required. Provides technical information and recommendations during tool manufacture to responsible personnel in such organizations as experimental, engineering, production, tool design, planning, making, and using departments, based upon physical inspection of tools or parts in relation to tool orders, engineering drawings, tool designs, masters, loft, engineering layouts and master layouts. Recommends practical changes in the sequence of operations. Recommends correction of tools, requesting necessary changes in tool design and engineering drawings to conform to current shop practice and tool making methods; determines responsible departments to which tooling reworks should be charged. Observes first-run or tool tryouts to verify the capacity of tools to produce parts or the capacity of the tools to produce parts on a quantity basis; analyzes and determines reasons for tool manufacturing and determines corrective action required, decides whether to have tools reworked or used as is, approves the release of rejected tools for a limited number of parts or days, and writes orders for the repair of worn or damaged tools. Makes alignment and symmetry checks on completed aircraft to determine conformance to engineering specifications. Prepares and maintains records of tool orders, rejections, new or re-worked tools and notes deviations from engineering or tool design. Stamps or otherwise approves acceptable items; rejects and initiates documentation to effect disposition of unacceptable items.

Requirements

A minimum of three years as a Jig and fixture builder with the knowledge to build tools from start to finish from Tooling Prints. (tool maker)
Understands the use of Precision tools, Precision gauges and instruments and hand tools.
Utilizes computerized theodolite and laser tracking systems, (such as RomerArm, Metrscan, & handy scan systems).
Must be able pass Inspector Assessment.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of tool inspection practices, part fabrication, assembly, and installation within field of specialty, of procedure of tool shop practice, and of plastics, used in tool manufacture.
Ability to use and interpret blueprints, loft information, layouts, shop mathematics, and tool shop practices.
Ability to survey tools and families of tools for practicability. Ability to use precision measurement instruments and gauges, to anticipate problems that might arise in the use of the tools and recommend changes and to work out corrections with planning, tool design and tool making organizations while tool is still in build- up stage.
Aerospace Tooling Knowledgeable
Attention to Detail
Analytical and Problem Solving Skills
Communication & Reporting Skills
Organizational & Time Management Skills