Quality Inspector - Electromechanical / Welding - GO

Electromechanical Inspector

For almost 30 years, SQA Services has been a premier leader in the provision of managed supplier quality services for audits, assessments, remote surveillance assessments, corrective actions, remediation, inspections, and engineering to manufacturers within all industries. We deliver services by deploying associates who are located throughout the United States and in 90+ countries around the world to your supplier sites. Our associates are expert quality assurance professionals with broad experience and local knowledge who can represent our clients on-demand and on-site faster than our competitors.

We are seeking a detail-oriented Electromechanical Inspector with some welding background to ensure the quality, compliance, and integrity of electromechanical components and assemblies. This role is responsible for performing inspections, verifying documentation, and ensuring all materials and workmanship meet applicable standards, drawings, and specifications. This position will be on site 5 days a week, for 4-8 hours a day. This is a 3-6 month contract.

Key Responsibilities:

• Incoming inspection from external providers of products or services/processing (e.g., nickel plating).
• In-process and final inspection of critical features such as witness inspection.
• Compilation of final inspection sign-off sheet and report packages.
• Verification that inspection equipment used to take measurements is capable of detecting defects.
• Verification that inspection methodology is adequate per drawing intent.
• Audit and validate the execution to the inspection plan.
• Provide weekly reports of manufacturing sites ramp progress, equipment quality performance of the facility, delivery details by Data Center site.
• Conduct periodic quality audits of the supplier's factory, provide reports of results.
• Drive closure of findings identified as non-conformance.
• Ensuring supplier's quality control system document the findings.
• Provide customer witness for test scripts, including but not limited to Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) for all equipment. Validate equipment is acceptable with no issues and compliance to the Level 1 commissioning process (Red/Orange tags) before shipment to the Data Center.
• Be the on-site support representing Google.
• Inspection of rivets and mechanical assembly
• Perform visual inspection (VT) of structural welds in accordance with AWS D1.1 standards, identifying weld discontinuities and verifying weld quality, profiles, and workmanship.
• Inspect fillet, groove, CJP, and PJP welds to ensure compliance with fabrication drawings, weld symbols, and acceptance criteria.
• Review welding documentation including WPSs, welder qualifications, continuity records, and process compliance to ensure all inspection requirements are properly followed.
• Ability to read diagram for wiring assembly

Required Qualifications:

• Experience inspecting electronic components / mechanical systems
• Proficiency in dimensional inspection of precision tolerance parts.
• Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with all inspection tools.
• Ability to understand and interpret complex GD&T requirements and validate complex assemblies.
• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Technical training in welding inspection preferred
• Minimum 35 years of structural welding inspection experience preferred
• Experience inspecting structural steel fabrication and welded assemblies

Technical Knowledge:

• Strong working knowledge of:
• AWS D1.1 requirements
• AWS B1.11 visual inspection practices
• Weld symbols and fabrication drawings
• Welding processes:
• FCAW
• GMAW
• SMAW
• GTAW (preferred)
• Structural steel fabrication practices
• Weld gauges and inspection tools
• Weld discontinuities and workmanship evaluation

Preferred Qualifications:

• 8+ years experience inspecting electromechanical systems
• Certified Welding Inspector (CWI)
• VT Level II certification
• NDE certifications (MT/PT preferred)
• OSHA safety training
• Structural steel fabrication experience

$35 - $40 an hour

Note: This position requires access to ITAR-controlled technical data and/or defense articles. As such, the candidate must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder) to comply with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Applicants who do not meet these criteria will not be considered for this role.

SQA Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment is based on merit and qualifications, and is not influenced by race, color, religion, gender, national origin, veteran status, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally protected status.