Quality Assurance Technician

At Precision Aero Company we are looking for our next Quality Assurance Technician. The Quality Assurance Technician plays a critical role in ensuring that aircraft components, assemblies, spacecraft parts, and related systems meet strict safety, performance, and regulatory standards. This includes compliance with standards like AS9100 (the aerospace-specific quality management system), FAA regulations, customer specifications, and industry best practices.

The role focuses on preventing defects, verifying conformity, and supporting continuous improvement in high-stakes environments where even minor issues can have major consequences for safety and reliability. This role is for our night shift with hours of 8:00pm - 6:00am.

• Reads and interprets blueprints, specifications, standards and customer purchase orders to determine customer requirements related to customer orders.
• Document and validate any production defects found.
• Perform and document various inspections (Receiving, In-Process and Final).
• Support Manufacturing and Production technicians to meet Production target.
• Work independently with minimal supervision.
• Multitask between assignments in Production environment.
• Must be computer literate.
• Must be able to use common measurement instruments such as Caliper and Micrometer
• Other tasks as assigned by management.

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Basic Shop Math. Solve basic shop math problems using addition, subtraction, multiplication, division of fractions and decimals, squares and square roots.
• Basic Geometry. Calculate general parameters such as area, circumference, perimeter, and volume for basic geometric shapes.
• Measurement Systems. Convert units within and between English and metric measurement systems.
• Numeric Conversions. Use various numbering methods such as scientific notation, decimals, and fractions, and convert values between these systems.

• Variable Gauges. Identify and use variable gauges, including micrometers, calipers and dial
• Attribute Gauges. Identify and use attribute gauges, including thread plugs, and pin gauges.
• Measurement Scales. Identify and use dial, digital, and vernier scales.
• Gauge Selection. Select gauges according to the feature or characteristic to be measured, the applicable tolerance and the accuracy, environment, and the resolution and capability of the test instrument.
• Gauge handling, preservation, and storage. Identify and apply various methods of cleaning, handling, and storing gauges.
• Surface Plate Equipment. Select and use height gauges, V-blocks, and other indicators, to measure various types of features. Understand the care and cleaning of a surface plate.
• Optical equipment. Understand and apply optical comparators, optical flats, and microscopes.

• Understand the principles and purpose of a calibration system, including the importance of establishing calibration intervals and uncertainty. Understand the effects that out-of-calibration instruments can have on product acceptance and the actions to take in response to this situation. Understand best practices for tracking calibration and recall.

• Understand and interpret various sections of technical drawings: title blocks, tolerances, change or revision blocks, including notes, scale, and size details.
• Understand and interpret drawing views and details for product specifications or other controlling documents. Understand and use various terms and symbols from the ASME Y14.5M Standard.
• Calculate position and bonus tolerances from various drawings.
• Determine part alignment and setup using the datum structure.

• Understand and apply acceptance quality limit, random sampling, lot and sample size, acceptance number, sampling plans.

• Understand and distinguish between inspection types such as incoming material, first-article, first-piece, in-process, and final.
• Understand methods to trace products and materials such as part numbering and revision control and lot control.

• Understand various methods of identifying nonconforming material such as tagging, labeling, and segregating. Understand disposition methods including rework, reprocess, reinspect, scrap, and customer waiver, as determined by a material review board (MRB) or other authority.

• Understand and prepare quality documentation such as general and specialized inspection reports.

This position requires frequent decision making. This role involves tasks that are intellectually demanding and may necessitate strong critical thinking abilities and analytical skills.

• Authorization to work in the United States required.
• High school degree or GED is preferred but may be substituted for experience and knowledge.

Two years of experience in quality is preferred. Experience in an AS9100 registered manufacturing environment strongly preferred.

• Communication and…