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Job Description:

SUMMARY PAY RANGE: $61,000.00 – $80,000.00

Job Summary: As a Quality Assurance Technician, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the safety, reliability, and compliance of
unmanned aircraft systems. You will collaborate closely with engineering, supplier, and manufacturing personnel to uphold rigorous
quality control standards and processes. Your attention to detail, precision, and commitment to excellence will be essential as we
continue to advance the field of unmanned aviation.

Primary Responsibilities:
1. Quality Control: 35%
• Perform quality control (QC) inspections of aerospace components and systems
• Assist with and/or review investigations into quality-related issues
• Monitor and track corrective actions to address any quality issues
• Use precision measuring tools and equipment to assess dimensions, tolerances, and material properties
• Identify defects, discrepancies, and non-conformances, document findings and work with appropriate stakeholders to
correct or mitigate recurrence.
• Physically and systematically quarantine non-conforming components and assemblies identified during inspections
• Perform First Article Inspections
• Ensure proper tagging, identification and airworthiness of production parts

2. Quality Assurance: 35%
• Develop, implement, and maintain quality control processes and documentation
• Document QC inspection results, non-conformances, and other quality-related issues; communicate and resolve these
findings and recommendations for corrective and preventative actions

The Company reserves the right to revise, change and/or modify job duties, responsibilities or working conditions as the need arises,
with or without advance notice. Employment with the Company is at-will. This position description and the statements contained within

it do not create any contractual rights between the Company and its employees, either express or implied.
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• Develop and implement quality related policies, procedures, and programs
• Develop necessary inspection requirements from supplier, incoming, in process, and final inspection points as required.
• Conduct internal audits on manufacturing lines to assess adherence to established quality standards, contributing to the
enhancement of overall quality control.
• Collaborate with production personnel to ensure adherence to quality standards during manufacturing and assembly

3. Quality Department Support/Continuous Improvement: 30%
• Engage in seamless collaboration with the manufacturing team to swiftly identify and effectively resolve issues associated
with incoming materials, ensuring production processes run smoothly.
• Work with engineers to improve component specifications and recommend actions to prevent occurrence of non-
conformances.
• Promote ongoing improvements that lead to greater customer satisfaction, cost efficiency of operations, and procedural
and regulatory compliance.
• Apply Airbus Core Values to create an environment for success, set the example, uphold the standard and welcome
challenges while maintaining integrity, commitment, confidence, teamwork, customer focus, respect and reliability

Additional Responsibilities:
• Other duties as assigned at management discretion

Qualified Experience and Training:
Education:
Required
• High School Diploma or equivalent
Preferred
• Associates Degree in a technical field or equivalent experience in Aviation or robotics industry
Experience:
Required
• Minimum eight (8) years' experience in a manufacturing environment in a QA/QC role; preferably under an approved
quality management system such as AS9100 or ISO9001
Preferred
• Experience in unmanned aviation industry
Licensure/Certifications:
Required
• None
Preferred

it do not create any contractual rights between the Company and its employees, either express or implied.
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• Current/Valid FAA Airframe & Powerplant License
• FAA Inspection Authorization (IA)
• FCC 2nd Class License
• Non Destructive Inspection (NDI) Certificate
Travel Required:
• 15 % Domestic and International
Citizenship
• US Person under ITAR definition (U.S. Citizen, green card holder or person covered under our existing ITAR license)
Clearance:
• None
Qualified Skills:
Knowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities:
Required
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, schematics, and bill of materials (BOMs)
• Ability to use hand tools, calibrated instruments, measurement equipment, microscopes, and testing fixtures.
• Exceptional attention to detail to conduct thorough inspections and maintain accurate records.
• Experience and working knowledge of production techniques and quality systems in the aerospace manufacturing
environment.

Communication Skills:
Required:
• Ability to communicate effectively in verbal and written form in English
Preferred:
• Proficiency in French, German or Spanish
Technical Systems Proficiency:
Required:
• MS office or G Suite
Preferred:
• Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Access)
• Adobe Acrobat
• Deltek CostPoint
• Aras PDM
• SolidWorks
• TipQA or other Quality Management Systems

it do not create any contractual rights between the Company and its employees, either express or implied.
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Complexity of the Role:
Level of Decision Making:
• Quality assurance technicians must routinely evaluate the airworthiness of aircraft and/or articles, serviceability of repairs,
inspections, maintenance and safety of operation. This position requires a high-degree of independent decision-making and
integrity and may include making command decisions regarding safety of flight or operation of aircraft. Technicians also
routinely collaborate with managers, customers, suppliers, technicians, engineering and other departments for inspection
related decisions.
Organizational information:
Quality Assurance Technician's priorities will be established by the department management. This position will report to the Head of
Quality who will manage principal activity; however, this position is expected to drive action independently of direction and will pro-
actively manage and maintain quality standards. This person will have the flexibility and background to fill in for various inspection
vacancies as they occur.
Direct Reports:
Is this a people manager? No
# of Exempt Reports: 0
# of Non-exempt Reports: 0
Job Dimensions:
• This position is directly responsible for ensuring the airworthiness and product quality, which has a direct impact on
company profitability and risk prevention.
• Has direct contact with internal customers and suppliers during shipping/receiving inspection of aircraft kits and material
• Has the responsibility for generating/documenting of Non-conforming products, articles, and material when identified
during routine inspections that supports and improves the overall quality of company products
• This position requires a professional individual who is knowledgeable, trustworthy, and personable with a customer and
company advocacy mentality
Nature of Contacts:
• Extensive Communication on a frequent Basis with internal and external parties
Physical Requirements:
• Onsite or remote:85%
• Vision: able to see and read computer screens and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents,
reports and engineering drawings daily. Must have correctable near and far vision if applicable. – daily
• Hearing: able to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and able to hear sounds on the
production floor including safety warnings or alarms – daily.
• Speaking: able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications – daily.
• Equipment Operation: able to operate most office and personal electronic equipment and some tools – daily.
• Carrying: able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs – daily.
• Lifting: able to lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs – daily.

it do not create any contractual rights between the Company and its employees, either express or implied.
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• Pushing / Pulling: able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools – daily.
• Sitting: able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on the computer – several times a week.
• Squatting / Kneeling: able to squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving. – Daily
• Standing: able to stand for discussions in offices or on the production floor – daily.
• Travel: able to travel independently and at short notice – 15% or less yearly.
• Walking: able to walk through office and production areas including uneven surfaces – daily.
• Personal Protective Equipment required: Required PPE includes, but is not limited to, Safety Shoes, Safety Glasses, Hearing
Protection, Respirators/Masks, and/or Protective Gloves as required by site and/or customer site
• Administrative position only PPE required: Steel-toed shoes are required for all shop floor visits, appropriate hearing/eye
protection may also be required when visiting the shop floor.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company's success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:
Airbus Helicopters, Inc.

Employment Type:
US – Direct Hire

Experience Level:
Professional

Remote Type:

Job Family:
Quality Assurance

Job Posting End Date: 07.26.2024

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