Quality Technician

Company Summary

ARA is a leading C5ISR company that designs, manufactures, tests and installs innovative technologies that provide the national security community with unparalleled situational awareness, threat detection, and communications capabilities.

Our disruptive, integrated solutions, assemblies and subsystems rise to the challenging demands of discerning, mission-critical customers.

We leverage our capabilities to meet and exceed the requirements of our customers and empower them to remain ahead of evolving threats and complexities in a dynamic security landscape.

 Job Summary

This position has the direct responsibility to ensure that the product manufactured, packaged and shipped to our customers conforms to all the established Quality Assurance and Quality Control Requirements. The primary responsibility for in-process mechanical inspections and receiving inspections of delivered hardware needed for inclusion into contract/project assembly and final product delivery.

Essential Functions:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Direct responsibility to ensure that the product manufactured, packaged and shipped to our customers conforms to all the established Quality Assurance and Quality control requirements.
• Analyzes and interprets drawings, sample data, and other materials to determine, change, or measure specifications or inspection and testing procedures.
• Perform receiving inspections, in-process and final inspection using appropriate inspection tools/devices.
• Collects samples for testing, and computes findings.
• Inspects materials, products, and work in progress for conformance to specifications, and adjusts process or assembly equipment to meet standards.
• Rejects products, materials, and equipment not meeting specifications.
• Marks items for acceptance or rejection, records test results and inspection data, and compares findings with specifications to ensure conformance to standards.
• Generate non-conformities reports for further disposition and conformance
• Tests and measures finished products, components, or assemblies for functioning, operation, accuracy, or assembly to verify adherence to functional specifications.
• Monitor and control measurement and test equipment for recalls and calibration. 
• Utilization of inspection reports while performing inspections.
• Maintain documentation and scan into correct designated file location.
• Any other duties deemed necessary by management.

Position Qualifications

Competency Statement (s)

• Adaptability - Adapts to change, open to new ideas and responsibilities.
• Communication – Ability to communicate thoughts clearly, both oral and written.
• Job Knowledge – Understands Facets of job, aware of duties and responsibilities, keeps job knowledge current.
• Dependability Meets deadlines, works independently, accountable, maintains focus, good attendance record.
• Quality - Strives to eliminate errors, accurate work is a priority, seeks opportunities to improve products/services. 
• Ethics - Honest, accountable, maintains confidentiality.
• Initiative – Ability to take on task before being asked.

 Experience and Skills

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

• IPC-610 experience or certification is required.
• Knowledge with ISO-9001:2015 and/or AS9100.
• Experience with interpretation of blueprints readings, schematics, BOM, assembly drawings.
• Experience using ERP systems, Costpoint, (Gage Trak and TIPQA, a plus.)
• CMM Operation and programming PCDMIS experience or similar.
• High Proficiency with Microsoft Office Products and Outlook
• Knowledge with GD&T principles and concepts.
• Working in manufacturing environment.
• Machine Shop experience is a plus.

 Education

• Must have High School or trade school graduate, and 3-5 years of relevant industry inspection experience.
• AA degree in a technical field such as Drafting, Engineering, Manufacturing, or Quality desired, with 1-2 years of relevant industry inspection experience.

Antenna Research Associates, Inc. and its subsidiaries encourage diversity in the workplace; we are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran

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