AS9100 Compliance Inspector - Aerostructures & Softgoods

Job Description

Job Description

Love catching defects before they fly?

Urban Sky is a fast-growing aerospace startup designing, building, operating, and selling stratospheric balloon systems. Our platforms support real-time wildfire monitoring, urban mapping, and missions for the Department of War (DoW), NASA, and other partners. We launch to the stratosphere weekly.

Join our Denver-based Safety, Quality & Mission Assurance team and be the quality voice on the production floor—guarding reliability, enabling on-time delivery, and codifying best practices across soft goods and hard goods.

• You’re fluent in drawings, specs, and inspection criteria—and you enjoy translating them into unambiguous work instructions.
• You’re equally comfortable inspecting soft goods and machined/electromechanical assemblies.
• You think in systems: traceability, calibration control, and document revision management are second nature.
• You collaborate with production to prevent defects at the source.

• Perform incoming, in-process, and final inspections to drawings, work instructions, and acceptance criteria.
• Identify, tag, segregate, and disposition nonconforming material; issue Quality Alerts; support root cause and corrective actions.
• Author and maintain inspection procedures and quality work instructions; manage controlled documents and revisions.
• Maintain calibration logs and coordinate internal/third‑party calibrations; verify measurement system integrity.
• Ensure part/serial/lot traceability and Certificates of Conformance are complete and correct.
• Execute R&D, verification, and validation test suites; support refurbishment and rework.
• Participate in PFMEA and Control Plan reviews; contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support internal audits and upkeep of our AS9100 and ISO 9001 certified QMS.
• Verify supplier documentation and support incoming inspections.

• 2–3 years in aerospace, defense, or high-reliability manufacturing as a quality/test technician, inspector, or QA professional.
• Working knowledge of AS9100, ISO 9001, or comparable QMS standards.
• Experience testing/inspecting mechanical, electrical, and electromechanical systems; soft goods and hard goods exposure.
• Proficiency with precision gauges; ability to run tests per written requirements.
• Nonconformance documentation and disposition experience; strong technical writing and verbal communication.
• Comfort on a busy production floor; Microsoft 365 proficiency; ERP/MRP familiarity a plus.
• High school diploma required; technical degree or relevant vocational training preferred.

• Direct AS9100 or ISO 9001 QMS experience.
• 8D, 5‑Why, A3, or Ishikawa problem-solving.
• Lean, Six Sigma, or 5S.
• Data analysis/SPC/process capability (Minitab, Excel, etc.).

• On-site in Denver, CO with occasional extended hours (evenings/weekends) during peak demand.

We’re a small, supportive team of engineers, makers, developers, and doers who value candor, inclusion, respect, and empowerment—building the next chapter of stratospheric history in Denver and Texas.

• Medical, Vision and Dental
• 15 days PTO plus company holidays
• Cell Phone Bill Stipend

• GD&T
• Quality Inspection Experience
• Data Analysis and Manipulation
• Continuous Improvement
• Measurement System Analysis (MSA)
• Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA)
• Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
• AS9100 Quality Systems
• Kaizen
• Quality Control Experience
• Mechanical Testing
• Advanced Inspection & Gauge Measurement
• Aerospace Manufacturing
• Quality Control Data Analysis
• AS9100 Experience
• Blueprint Reading

• Calipers and Micrometers
• Quality Control Software

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident

Urban Sky is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.