Standard Job Description

IAM Hourly represented employees who currently work at the main (Sunnyvale/Palo Alto) unit, Santa Cruz, Vandenburg Air Force Base or Eastern Range facilities must apply to open requisitions on LMTalent Central to be considered for the position.  

Perform all inspection tasks relative to the acceptance or rejection for process or workmanship of in-process or completed electronics parts, circuit card assemblies, cable harness assemblies, polymerics, solar array parts, solar array assemblies, mechanical satellite assemblies, and equipment. Inspection of processing of parts, assemblies, and materials for conformance to engineering drawings, specifications, and engineering data. 

Working from blueprints, schematics, inspection criteria and other manufacturing and other manufacturing engineering, and test documentation inspect at in-process steps or at the completion of all work. Inspect a variety of electronics parts, electrical and mechanical assemblies and 

equipment such as printed circuit boards, surface mount assemblies, flex circuitry, solar assemblies/arrays, flight hardware, mechanical satellite subassemblies flight hardware subassemblies and top assemblies, vehicle harnesses and ground support cables and ground support equipment for workmanship and manufacturing process conformity verification of test setups. Visually review and compare with acceptable standards such processes and assembly operations as registration, plating, mechanical operations, soldering, brazing, welding, swaging, wire wrap, lugging, splicing, routing, encapsulation, torquing and final assembly as related to mechanical subassemblies and electrical and electronics hardware. Support hardware test setup and troubleshooting per test processes. 

Verify manufacturing processes and test activities are properly performed as documented in Manufacturing Processes Standards per the embedded Operations Verification Instructions. Witness or perform manual hi-pot and continuity operations on wiring. Inspect the incorporation of design changes as required.

Inspect parts, assemblies, and materials for the results or effect of such processes or operations as anodizing, painting, chromodizing, etching, passivating, dichromating, pickling, plating, degreasing, rust preventing, sandblasting, etc., for conformance to blueprints, specifications, and other engineering data. Check or examine solutions and equipment used for processing to determine chemical, mechanical or electrical conformance with applicable specifications. Generate non-conformance documentation for hardware when requirements are not met.

Stamp or otherwise approve acceptable items, reject unacceptable items and prepare all necessary documentation. Verify completion of Material Review Board (MRB) actions using nonconformance system. Use information processing equipment as required to perform the above tasks. Assist quality engineers and managers in processing product, manufacturing, and test documentation as required to facilitate acceptance of hardware products. 

Basic Qualifications

KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY REQUIRED

Satisfactory performance as an Inspector, Electronics Manufacturing Processes Trainee and demonstrated understanding of area systems, process, and quality policies, Experience inspecting electronics and mechanical assemblies. Knowledge of finish and processing methods and standards; metals and materials worked with; chemistry as applied to finishing and processing. Ability to use precision measuring instruments; use shop mathematics; read and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and engineering data.

Desired Skills

Experience in Paint, Processing, Solar Array and Mechanisms Manufacturing