Quality Specialist, Precision Machining (Starlink) - Level 4/5

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QUALITY SPECIALIST, PRECISION MACHINING (STARLINK) – LEVEL 4/5

The Precision Machining team in Woodinville is looking for a quality specialist to lead projects with a strong focus on efficiency, reliability, and compliance with our inspection processes. This role will support all inspection and quality systems within the Precision Machine shop.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Sustain and increase scope in production areas

• Propose and support the implementation of changes to inspection processes that reduce processing time without sacrificing quality or reliability

• Research, prototype, and implement new inspection tools that meet all design and business requirements including safety, quality, cost, and delivery

• Drive inspection efficiency by identifying high-variance processes and standardizing/simplifying the inspection approach and acceptance criteria

• Collaborate with inspectors, engineers, and shop subject matter experts to solve large-scale production challenges caused by inspection bottlenecks

• Streamline and simplify data collection requirements for inspections

• Develop training to enable higher-quality and more efficient inspections

• Collect and analyze team feedback for opportunities to improve inspection processes

• Design, set up, and install tooling and fixtures on CMMs to support advanced inspection requirements

• Develop and optimize advanced CMM programs using Calypso software for complex flight hardware geometries

• Train and mentor inspectors and engineers on advanced GD&T interpretation and application per ASME Y14.5

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma or equivalency certificate

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in quality, inspection, or manufacturing

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Understanding of basic & advanced GD&T per ASME Y14.5

• Hands-on experience with developing or prototyping new inspection tools

• Experience with CMM operations

• Ability to obtain CMM Programming levels 1–3

• Advanced CMM Programming

• Expert-level programming and optimization of complex geometries

• Proficiency in Calypso CMM software

• Ability to develop and validate advanced inspection programs for flight hardware

• Design, setup, and installation of tooling and fixtures on CMMs

• Ability to train and mentor others in GD&T interpretation and application

• Familiarity with quality tools such as lean principles, design of experiments, root cause analysis and corrective action, metrology, process failure mode and effects analysis (PFMEA), control plans, and various problem-solving approaches

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment with flight quality hardware

• Excellent writte