Inspector - Missile & Sys - Sr

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* Description:

** IAM Hourly represented employees who currently work at the main  Sunnyvale/Palo Alto  unit, Santa Cruz, Vandenburg Air Force Base or Eastern Range facilities must apply to open requisitions on Brass Ring to be considered for the position

Witness conformance to testing requirements for all tests which utilize electrical, electronic, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, optical and environmental equipment required to simulate conditions encountered during operations; compare accumulated data with specified requirements and accept those tests which prove product systems, subsystems, and assemblies  Inspect vehicle and support equipment parts, and assemblies for conformance to blueprints, inspection standards, specifications and certified processes  Perform Quality Assurance  QA  tasks during handling, processing and testing of ordnance assemblies and subassemblies

Inspect the installation and hookup of test devices, support equipment, test complexes and recording/control instrumentation used to determine performance characteristics of vehicles, systems, subsystems and assemblies during flight simulation and certification

testing

Witness test performance, assuring conformance to written test control parameters

Compare accumulated performance data with test procedure criteria and accept those

tests meeting requirements

Inspect systems used to checkout flight vehicles and related support and facility equipment

for conformance to engineering prerelease or released drawings or sketches, inspection

standards and specifications

Recommend changes to design, tools, and operation sequencing to planning, engineering,

and supervising personnel  Review fabrication processes/sequencing to ensure

producibility and installation of parts are in conformance with current manufacturing and

inspection standards

Work with liaison personnel, interface organizations and customer personnel to

recommend changes in test procedures, equipment, or design

Inspect the disassembly, alteration, modification, re assembly, and test of functional and

non functional items and certify conformance to specifications  Ensure completeness and

accuracy of all inspection records and test data  Document discrepancies noted during inspection

Inspect product assembly and subassembly operations and certify completeness and conformance of workmanship with Company, Customer and contract requirements

Inspect the handling, packaging, testing and installation of ordnance components ensuring compliance to safety, product specifications and procedures

Set up and operate NDE testing and inspection equipment used to perform magnetic particle, ultrasound and dye penetrant evaluation on casting, machined parts and welded assemblies

Inspect intricate machined parts, tooling fixtures, templates, patterns and gages used in fabrication of new, developmental and/or mock up assemblies for conformance to specifications, workmanship, dimensional accuracy, and blueprints using precision

instruments including micrometers, vernier calipers, height gages, gauge blocks, surface plates, and coordinate measuring machine

Perform source inspection at outside vendors  All vendor supplied items will be inspected in accordance with blueprints, specification, engineering data, procurement data sheets, and purchase orders  Stamp/approve acceptable items and reject unacceptable items  Represent inspection during the investigation of malfunctions and in determining inspection requirements and documentation for rework and repair  Maintain, in accordance with current operating procedures, all records of assembly and

test operations in a current status and review for completeness prior to final closure  Maintain equipment logs and records  Use information processing equipment as required to perform the above tasks and perform related duties as assigned

Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance

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* Basic Qualifications:

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* - Requires a background in electronics/mechanical testing and theory equivalent to completion of a two year program in electronics and physics, and mechanical technology as presented by junior colleges and technical institutes and at least three years of directly related experience in inspection activities associated with vehicle systems and test = complexes

Read and interpret all types of detail and assembly blueprints, drawings, sketches and circuit diagrams, related to functional systems, structures and instrumentation

- Certifiable in solder, wire wrap and crimping processes and ordnance handling and processing  Additional process certifications may be assigned in Non Destructive Testing  NDT  and hardness testing

- A complete knowledge of inspection practices and procedures; environmental functional and operational test methods; and a variety of functional and environmental test equipment relating to missiles, support equipment and their components, sub systems and integration

- A thorough knowledge of electrical, electronic, hydraulic, pneumatic and…