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Senior Quality Assurance Inspector

Employment Type: Direct Hire
Position Type: Full-Time, Hourly
Work Location: Devens, Massachusetts
Work Arrangement: Onsite
Pay Range: $26.60–$30.00 per hour
Schedule: 1st Shift, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM
Experience Required: Aerospace inspection, MRO inspection, mechanical inspection, or related quality assurance experience
Education Required: High school diploma or GED
Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing, Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO)

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Quality Assurance Inspector to perform final visual, dimensional, functional, and documentation inspections of aerospace lubrication and scavenge pumps and related mechanical assemblies.

This position ensures repaired, overhauled, assembled, and tested components conform to approved technical data, customer specifications, quality standards, and applicable FAA Part 145 requirements.

The selected candidate will work closely with repair technicians, Engineering, Quality, and repair station leadership to resolve discrepancies and support return-to-service processes.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform final inspections of aerospace pumps and mechanical assemblies for workmanship, wear, damage, corrosion, contamination, configuration, identification, assembly, and conformity.
• Verify compliance with component maintenance manuals, engineering drawings, service bulletins, work instructions, repair specifications, Airworthiness Directives, and customer requirements.
• Review functional test results, inspection records, routers, travelers, and repair station documentation for accuracy, completeness, and compliance.
• Confirm component acceptance criteria and documentation requirements are satisfied before return-to-service authorization.
• Verify traceability of serialized components, replacement parts, materials, and associated records.
• Perform dimensional inspections using calipers, micrometers, depth gauges, dial indicators, thread gauges, and other precision instruments.
• Interpret engineering drawings, tolerances, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) requirements, inspection plans, and test procedures to verify dimensions, fit, finish, and mechanical characteristics.
• Ensure inspection equipment is appropriate for its intended use and within calibration requirements.
• Identify, document, and communicate product nonconformances, workmanship deficiencies, process deviations, and documentation discrepancies.
• Coordinate with technicians, Engineering, Quality, and repair station management to resolve inspection concerns, support corrective actions, and determine appropriate disposition.
• Maintain accurate, legible, complete, and retrievable inspection records, including product identification, configuration control, and traceability.
• Support internal, customer, and regulatory quality compliance activities and inspection process improvements.
• Follow FAA, customer, repair station, quality, and workplace safety procedures.
• Maintain an organized inspection area.
• Communicate inspection findings to appropriate personnel and interact with customers or regulatory representatives when required.
• Perform other assigned inspection and quality-related duties.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Experience in aerospace inspection, MRO inspection, mechanical inspection, or a related quality assurance role.
• Working knowledge of FAA Part 145 requirements or comparable regulated quality environments.
• Ability to interpret component maintenance manuals, drawings, blueprints, specifications, service bulletins, inspection plans, and work instructions.
• Experience inspecting mechanical components and assemblies for condition, configuration, fit, finish, contamination, and workmanship.
• Familiarity with dimensional inspection methods and GD&T.
• Experience using calipers, micrometers, depth gauges, indicators, thread gauges, and other precision measuring equipment.
• Ability to review functional test data and verify compliance with established acceptance criteria.
• Understanding of inspection documentation, product traceability, and quality recordkeeping requirements.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to identify and accurately document product, process, and documentation discrepancies.
• Basic computer proficiency, including Microsoft Office.
• Ability to read, write, and understand regulatory English.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including collaboration with technical teams, customers, and regulatory representatives.
• Ability to follow established safety, quality, customer, FAA, and repair station requirements.
• Ability to work onsite in Devens, Massachusetts.

Preferred Qualifications

• Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) license.
• Final inspection experience within an FAA Part 145 repair station.
• Experience inspecting aerospace lubrication, scavenge, fuel, or hydraulic pumps, or comparable precision mechanical assemblies.
• Familiarity with return-to-service documentation and FAA Form 8130-3 support requirements.
• Knowledge of AS9100, AS9110, ISO 9001, or comparable quality management systems.
• Previous inspection stamp authority or eligibility for authorized repair station inspection functions.
• Experience with electronic quality management systems, ERP/MRP platforms, document control systems, and electronic inspection records.
• Intermediate computer proficiency.

Work Environment

• Onsite aerospace MRO and quality inspection environment in Devens, Massachusetts.
• Work involves precision mechanical components and pump assemblies.
• Regular use of technical documentation, precision measuring equipment, and computerized quality systems.
• Collaboration with repair technicians, Engineering, Quality, and repair station management.
• Work performed under applicable FAA, customer, safety, quality, and repair station requirements.
• First-shift schedule, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM.

Key Competencies

• Aerospace final inspection and product conformity
• FAA Part 145 and MRO quality compliance
• Mechanical component and assembly inspection
• Precision measurement and GD&T
• Technical documentation interpretation
• Functional test data review
• Inspection records and product traceability
• Return-to-service support
• Nonconformance identification and resolution
• Calibration awareness and inspection accuracy
• Attention to detail
• Communication and teamwork
• Safety and quality compliance