Quality Inspector

Base pay range: $25.00/hr - $33.00/hr

The Composites Quality Inspector provides comprehensive oversight of Karman's daily activities and workflows related to Composites Quality Assurance. Conducts all composites QA efforts as required by Karman's Quality Management System and AS9100.

Karman Space & Defense provides concept-to-production solutions for mission-critical systems on spacecraft, launch vehicles, missiles, hypersonics, and integrated defense systems. We believe that solving the industry’s most complex and mission-critical challenges requires relentless determination and a willingness to push the boundaries of possibility. Karman Space & Defense brings to bear unparalleled production capabilities, unmatched engineering expertise, and unflinching analysis to render the impossible, possible.

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement*

• Ensures that Karman's composites manufacturing meets all quality requirements, drawings, and specifications
• Provides quality support and process oversight for composites layup technicians, including inspection of workmanship, material handling, kit cut and layup, documentation, inspection reports and workload flow
• Ensures that materials are received, stored, handled, and tracked appropriately
• Tracks all composite manufacturing and inspection documentation, documents all nonconformances, initiates and supports corrective actions and investigations
• Generates AS9102 First Article Inspection Reports
• Coordinates with suppliers to correct quality related issues
• Performs and supports quality and regulatory audits of the Composites Shop
• Works with engineering staff to support process definition and new product development

• Required
  
  Education:
  
  HS Diploma
• Hands‑on experience in aerospace composite layup desirable
• Inspection experience desirable
• Must be a U.S. Citizen

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities. The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
Karman is committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis (“protected class”) including, but not limited to race; color; religion; genetic information; national origin; sex; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; age; disability; citizenship status; uniform service member status; or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law.

Our management is dedicated to ensuring the fulfillment of this policy with respect to hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, recruitment advertising, pay, and other forms of compensation, training, and general treatment during employment.