Quality Inspector

Overview

Airbus Helicopters, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This is a temporary (contract) position with no specific time period, but could be extended or shortened as needed. Contractors are employed by a third-party vendor and placed on assignment to Airbus in America.

Join the Airbus Helicopters team as a Quality Inspector A, where your technical mastery meets world-class aerospace engineering. You will be responsible for the end-to-end quality lifecycle of our aircraft, ensuring total compliance with FAA and EASA regulations.

• Total Aircraft Inspection:
  Execute detailed inspections across aircraft systems, including dimensional checks, hidden damage assessments, and functional testing.
• Material Excellence:
  Approve or reject incoming materials, ensuring only the highest quality components enter production.
• Master the Tools:
  Utilize precision aids and devices to determine specification limits with accuracy.
• Airworthiness Authority:
  Take ownership of the final approval, certifying helicopters are safe, compliant, and ready for the sky.

From building to servicing the next generation of aerospace, the team focuses on quality, productivity and efficiency. Our team ensures the highest quality of care and safety in each aircraft we assemble and maintain.

Location:

Eastern border of Mississippi, Columbus, MS, home to Helicopter manufacturing and assembly lines and North America Center of Excellence.

Inspection: 60%

• Perform required technical inspections to receive or reject incoming material, airframes, aircraft components and to detect/report suspected unapproved parts.
• Perform in-process inspections for components in electrical backshops, manufacturing, composites, MRO and paint shop to judge serviceability or rejection of manufactured parts and electrical components.
• Inspect aluminium, titanium or steel structures for cracks, corrosion, damage and improper assembly; determine shimming and joining with rivets or other hardware per drawings/approved data.
• Detect hidden damage during inspections of airframe structures and components; verify wiring harnesses, connectors and terminations per design drawings.
• Quarantine non-conforming components and assemblies; monitor measuring and test equipment calibration.
• Perform stock inspections and purges for possible non-conforming/unapproved material; evaluate and disposition sales returns.
• Sample products and verify conformity to drawings and manuals; perform in-process and final quality inspections for conformity during maintenance, repair, modification, rework and overhaul.
• Perform conformity inspections for STC development projects, PMA parts, and electrical components; inspect multiple airframe components for fit, form and function.
• Validate disposition of parts or repaired parts routed to shop floor, warehouse, internal shops and suppliers for conformity.
• Qualify dynamic component parts using visual inspection and precision measurement; observe and validate instrument connections and tests to meet specifications.
• Ensure compliance with calendar/hourly inspections, life/cycle-limited components, airworthiness directives and alert service bulletins; verify testing for ELT, transponders, altimeters and related systems per applicable regulations.

Documentation: 30%

• Ensure proper tagging, identification and airworthiness of parts released to Airframe, Engines, and Accessories.
• Compare quantity, part number and serial number of items received with procurement data; create, distribute, track in SAP and disposition shelf life reports.
• Createquality documentation for non-conformances (QN/NCs) and coordinate resolutions with Quality Engineers.
• Ensure all materials have required documentation (e.g., 8130-3, EASA Form, Certificate of Conformance).
• Process Goods Receipts during material receipt; document maintenance actions for airframe, engine, accessories and components per FAA/EASA regulations.
• Research airworthiness directives, service bulletins and alert service bulletins for applicability; read and validate engineering drawings, reports and test specifications.
• Identify and document items in quality quarantine; prepare…