Quality Control Shop Inspector

RAM Aerospace has been powering flight and space exploration since 1975, delivering precision solenoids, valves, actuators, LVDTs, and RVDTs for commercial, defense, and space applications. Headquartered in St. George, Utah, with a facility in Valencia, California, we build mission-critical components that the world's leading aerospace programs depend on. Join a team that builds the future of aerospace, on time, with excellence. Your career takes off here!

As a Quality Control Shop Inspector at RAM, you ensure the quality and precision of aerospace components through detailed visual, dimensional, and mechanical inspections. Using tools like CMM machines and precision handheld instruments, you verify that parts meet strict specifications at every stage—from first article to final test. Your work helps maintain the safety, reliability, and performance of mission-critical systems in aviation, space, and defense. If you have a meticulous eye for detail, a deep understanding of GD&T, and the confidence to halt production if a part isn't perfect, we want you on our team.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Precision Measurement & Inspection: Inspect, test, and measure manufactured products for strict conformance to requirements. You will use a variety of precision handheld inspection tools (calipers, micrometers, drop gauges) and set/monitor automated measuring machines (CMMs).
• Blueprint & GD&T Analysis: Analyze and interpret complex aerospace blueprints, GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing) data, and manuals to determine the correct specifications, inspection procedures, and certification methods required for each part.
• Defect Identification & Resolution: Act as the gatekeeper of quality. You will reject products, materials, or equipment not meeting requirements, discuss these inspection results with production teams, and recommend necessary corrective actions.
• Documentation & Traceability: Maintain highly accurate documentation. You will write detailed inspection reports, record specific test data (dimensions, weights, temperatures), and properly mark physical items with their grade and acceptance/rejection status.
• Visual & Functional Verification: Compare colors, shapes, textures, or grades of products against standard templates. You will also read equipment dials and meters to verify processing equipment is functioning at specified levels, occasionally cleaning or adjusting equipment to correct found defects.