Quality Inspector

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Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Quality Inspector to join our Quality Assurance Team in Columbus, MS.

The Quality Inspector is responsible for ensuring compliance with Airbus Helicopters Inc. policies, procedures and Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) and/or European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) regulations as applicable. The role performs preliminary, hidden damage, in-process and final inspections; receives and approves or rejects incoming materials through established receiving inspection processes while recording quality inspection results; works with inspection tools, aids and devices to determine tolerances and specification limits;

and performs detailed inspections of parts, materials, paint, backshop activities, functional tests, operational test and dimensional inspections of aircraft, systems and components to determine airworthiness.

• 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 the serviceability or rejection of manufactured parts, electrical components, and paint.
• Perform detailed inspections of manufactured components such as dimensional checks and acoustic tape testing.
• Inspect aircraft aluminium, titanium or steel structures for cracks, corrosion, damage and improper assembly.
• Determine proper shimming and joining of structures with rivets or other hardware in accordance with design drawings, engineering disposition, and other approved data.
• Detect hidden damage during inspections of airframe structures, components and sub‑assemblies that could occur during shipping, receiving, or manufacturing.
• Verify build of aircraft system wiring harnesses, connectors and electrical terminations as per design drawings.
• Physically and systematically quarantine non‑conforming components and assemblies identified during inspections.
• Monitor the use of measuring and test equipment to ensure it is maintained and calibrated.
• Perform stock inspections/purges when notified of possible non‑conforming/suspected unapproved material.
• Evaluate and disposition sales returns.
• Select product samples and check them using appropriate methods to validate conformity to approved drawings and manuals.
• Accomplish in-process and final quality inspections for conformity, maintenance, repair, modification, rework and overhaul of aircraft components and sub‑assemblies.
• Perform conformity inspections for Supplemental Type Certificated (STC) development projects, parts manufacturer approval (PMA) parts, structural and electrical components.
• Inspect multiple airframe components to determine proper fit, form and function of the components.
• Validate disposition of parts or repaired parts routed to shop floor, from warehouse, internal shops and suppliers for conformity and serviceability in accordance with approved data.
• Qualify dynamic component parts applying visual inspection and precision measurement methods.
• Observe and validate instrument connections, functional or operational tests, adjustments of aircraft radios, navigational systems and flight control systems and instruments.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable calendar/hourly inspections, life‑limited or cycle‑limited components, airworthiness directives and alert service bulletins.
• Verify testing for emergency locator transmitters (ELT), transponders, altimeters, airspeed indicators and air data computers in accordance with Title 14 CFR Parts 91, 135 and 43.

• 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, purchase orders and other specifications.
• Create, distribute, track in SAP and disposition the monthly Shelf Life…