Quality Inspector - 1st Shift

Your Job

As a Quality Inspector, you play a critical role in ensuring that incoming materials and finished products meet our high standards of quality and conformance to specifications. Your careful inspections help maintain consistent product reliability and support continuous improvement efforts within the company. Schedule is fairly flexible within needed coverage of 6:00am-4:00pm Monday - Friday, depending on business needs.

Our Team

You will join the Quality Assurance team, a dedicated group focused on maintaining product excellence and supporting operational efficiency. Our team collaborates closely with production, engineering, and supply chain functions to uphold Molex's commitment to quality.

What You Will Do

• Select inspection samples following predetermined, standardized methods to ensure representative quality checks.
• Read and interpret technical specifications, engineering drawings, tolerances, and related documentation to verify compliance.
• Use precision measuring instruments such as calipers, micrometers, optical comparators, and resistance meters to assess materials and products.
• Accurately record inspection results on logs, graphs, and discrepancy reports to maintain traceability and data integrity.
• Maintain familiarity with diverse data collection systems to improve inspection efficiency and reporting.
• Identify and reject defective parts, preparing and applying reject tags to prevent nonconforming items from progressing.
• Set up and calibrate inspection equipment to ensure accurate measurements and compliance with standards.
• Maintain test and measurement equipment, manage calibration schedules, and participate in evaluating customer returns and internal corrective actions.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• High school diploma, GED, or vocational/technical degree.
• Six months to three years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proficient in reading and interpreting safety rules, blueprints, wiring diagrams, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Capable of writing simple correspondence clearly and effectively.
• Strong numerical skills including basic arithmetic operations, computing rates, ratios, percentages, and interpreting bar graphs.
• Able to understand and follow instructions provided in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Skilled in problem-solving within standardized situations involving multiple concrete variables.

What Will Put You Ahead (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience with calibration systems and equipment maintenance.
• Prior exposure to quality management systems (e.g., ISO standards).
• Familiarity with computerized data collection and reporting tools.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to continuous quality improvement.
• Good communication skills for effective teamwork and reporting.

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Hiring Philosophy

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Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.


Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

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