Lead Quality Inspector, Amazon Leo

Amazon Leo is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world. The Quality Team at Amazon Leo is looking for a Quality Inspector to join our team and help perform critical inspection duties within our Manufacturing Quality organization.

Export Control Requirement:
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder) or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Key job responsibilities
The Quality Inspector will operate advanced metrology equipment to ensure product conformance for highly-complex aerospace grade hardware.
- Perform Receiving Inspection activity using sampling plans and metrology equipment such as CMMs Romer Arms micrometers calipers height gages calipers micrometers gages etc..
- Report nonconformances when defective material is found.
- Develop and lead 5S activities around the Quality area(s) to ensure efficient working areas.
- Read Inspection Plans and Work Instructions to perform quality inspections
- Interpret engineering blueprints and drawings to the ASME Y14.5 standard to GD&T
- Perform Critical in-process and final inspections for assembled product.
- Complete First Article Inspection Reports (FAIRs) to the requirements of AS9102
- Develop Standard Operator Procedures (SOPs) for other inspectors to follow for day-to-day tasks.
- Train new inspectors on the correct usage of equipment and day to day responsibilities.


A day in the life
This role will work daily to:
- Execute inspection plans for a wide variety of received hardware utilizing a wide range of equipment.
- Perform and complete FAIs to AS9102 and present package to engineering for sign off.
- Inspect and buy off rework/repair activities
- Investigate hardware for defects and create nonconformance reports for discrepant hardware
- Perform In-Process and Final inspections for assembly processes
This individual will consistently coordinate with quality manufacturing and engineering to understand and inspect part requirements and report defects.

About the team
The Leo Manufacturing Quality team is driven to develop a Leo Quality System that is capable of scaling aerospace quality to volume and cost levels to meet end customer needs. This position will join the team at an exciting moment with an opportunity to own quality system development and contribute to the design of requirements processes and systems used across the business. We value data driven decision making a comfort with dealing in ambiguous situations across multiple projects and an ability to earn trust of various stakeholders to deliver high quality results.

- 2 years of experience as a Quality Inspector in a Receiving Inspection or equivalent role.

- Familiar with FAI forms to AS9102
- Certified inspector to IPC-610
- Certified inspector to IPC-620
- Familiar with Metrologic and/or PCDMIS inspection software
- Familiar with automated inspection equipment including Romer arms comparators CMMs and other metrology software based inspection methods.
- Comfortable reading sampling tables to ANSI/ASQ ZI.4 for established AQL levels.
- Has led inspection teams before and can run daily 5S activities in quality areas.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA Everett - 34.00 - 56.00 USD hourly