Aerospace Dimensional Inspection Specialist

A day in the life

Start your 1st-shift morning between 5–6 a.m. and settle in for a focused 10-hour day ensuring mission-critical components meet exacting standards. You’ll review work orders and engineering drawings, plan inspections, and then move to hands-on verification using precision tools and a CMM. By midday, you’re validating first-run parts, documenting results, and advising production on adjustments. You’ll close the day by examining any nonconformances, identifying root causes, and recommending corrective actions so our warfighters receive parts that perform flawlessly.

About the role

As an inspection expert supporting defense programs, you will:

• Interpret and analyze blueprints and engineering specs to determine materials, surface finishes, tolerances, and dimensions.
• Compute derived measurements—angles, radii, and other unspecified dimensions—using formulas and shop math.
• Measure length, height, distance, and angles with precision instruments: CMMs, micrometers, V-blocks, sine bars, calipers, dial indicators, angle plates, snap gauges, gauge blocks, height gages, level protractors, optical comparators, bore gages, ultrasonic equipment, and profilometers.
• Inspect first-article parts, fabrications, and assemblies to release production with confidence.
• Prepare clear, complete inspection and test reports.
• Set up parts on surface plates, establishing reference points and centerlines for layout.
• Assess defective components, determine causes, and recommend modifications to eliminate recurrence.

Schedule

• 1st shift
• Days: 10-hour shifts starting between 5 & 6 am

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 2+ years of quality inspection experience preferred.
• Training in Statistical Process Control (SPC) data collection and evaluation preferred.
• Manufacturing background using standard measurement gauges; aerospace/defense experience ideal.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a track record of driving effective actions.
• Vision requirements: Jaeger 1 at 12” (with corrective lenses) and successful completion of the Ishihara Color Blindness Test; exams required annually.

Core competencies

• GD&T
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (NADCAP)
• Advanced Inspection & Gauge Measurement
• Blueprint Reading

Tools you’ll use

• Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM)
• Measurement Gauges
• Calipers and Micrometers

Eligibility & compliance

As a proud contractor supporting the U.S. Department of Defense, we uphold strict program requirements.

• Must be US Citizen
• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Must have clean criminal record (No felonies)
• Must be able to pass a drug test