Receiving Inspector III

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At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! 

This role is part of the Safety, Quality, and Mission Assurance team. This team is focused on monitoring and assessing processes that guide Blue Origin’s design, manufacturing, and operations, ensuring system safety engineering, environmental health, and safety, product integrity, and continuous improvement processes.

As part of a small, passionate and accomplished team of experts, you will execute receiving inspection methodologies to support the manufacture, assembly, and test for various spaceflight systems. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

• Inspect material per inspection plan such as dimensions, part marking and traceability.

• Review all supplied documentation for hardware acceptance per engineering requirements.

• Perform review of first articles and conduct receiving inspections.

• Provide feedback to engineers and buyers with dimensional data.

• Document, track, and complete discrepancy reports.

• Provide inspection time estimates.

• Assist with maintaining and tracking all inspection equipment calibrations.

• Contribute to process improvements.

• Maintain configuration control on files and job records.

• Safely work within an industrial environment.

• A minimum of 7 years experience in receiving or dimensional inspection of aerospace components.

• Intermediate/ Expert GD&T comprehension per ASME Y14.5M-1994 standard.

• Excellent communication skills.

• High attention to detail

• Fluent in the use of precision hand tools, gages, optical comparator, and surface plate work.

• Ability to select the correct tool for the inspection task. 

• Familiar with the use of personal computers.

• Self-motivation and ability to prioritize projects to meet completion dates.

• Inventory system knowledge.

• Purchase order system management.

• Basic machining knowledge.

• Experience operating heavy lifting equipment such as cranes and forklifts around flight critical hardware.

• Outside processing knowledge (heat treat, plating, coating, EDM, grinding, etc.)

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.