An Aerostructures Inspector is a skilled professional responsible for ensuring the quality and compliance of aerostructures components used in the aerospace industry. This role involves inspecting various aircraft components, such as Ailerons, Flaps, fuselage, empennage, and other structural elements, to ensure they meet regulatory standards, customer specifications, and internal quality standards.

Job tasks include, performing a variety of moderately complex and detailed inspections in support of Production, Manufacturing, Engineering, engineering projects.  Perform diverse and difficult visual, mechanical, and functional inspection duties on detail parts, sub-assemblies, and installations, including but not limited to testing calibration, verification, measuring, and documentation of mechanical and cosmetic acceptance or rejection of components/assemblies.
 

Key Responsibilities:

Visual Inspection:

• Conduct visual inspections of aerostructures components to identify any defects, damage, or discrepancies in the manufacturing process.
• Verify that the components meet design specifications and engineering drawings.

Dimensional Inspection:

• Use precision measuring tools and equipment to perform dimensional inspections on aerostructures components.
• Ensure that critical dimensions and tolerances are within specified limits.

Documentation Review:

• Review and interpret technical documents, including engineering drawings, blueprints, and work instructions.
• Verify that manufacturing processes adhere to approved procedures and standards.

Material Inspection:

• Inspect and verify the materials used in aerostructures components to ensure they meet specified standards and are free from defects.
• Monitor assigned work areas for adherence to processes and procedures, proper use of tools and fixtures, calibration date of tools in use, shelf life of life limited items (i.e. rubber goods, adhesives, sealants, etc.), proper storage of materials and components, and safety practices.

Non-Destructive Testing (NDT):

• Perform or oversee non-destructive testing methods such as ultrasonic testing, or other testing methods to report conformance.

Quality Control:

• Monitor and enforce quality control processes throughout the manufacturing and assembly phases.
• Collaborate with production teams to address and resolve quality issues in a timely manner.

Regulatory Compliance:

• Stay informed about relevant aviation regulations and standards (e.g., FAA, EASA) to ensure that aerostructures components comply with industry requirements.

Collaboration:

• Work closely with engineering, production, and quality assurance teams to address any discrepancies or quality concerns.
• Provide feedback to improve manufacturing processes and prevent recurring issues.

Reporting:

• Document inspection findings, maintain inspection records, and generate reports summarizing the quality status of aerostructures components.

Training:

• May be required to train and assist other employees.

Safety:

• Adhere to safety protocols and guidelines to ensure a secure working environment.
• Report any safety concerns or incidents promptly.