Quality Inspector Group Lead

The Quality Inspector Group Lead oversees daily inspection activities within an electronics manufacturing environment, ensuring products meet customer, quality, and regulatory requirements. This role combines hands-on inspection responsibilities with team leadership, workload coordination, training, and continuous improvement efforts to support production goals and maintain high standards of quality.

Here's what you'd do:

• Lead and coordinate the daily activities of the inspection team, assigning resources and prioritizing workloads to support production schedules and quality objectives.
• Perform and oversee visual, mechanical, functional, in-process, final, incoming, and customer quality assurance (CQA) inspections of electronic, electro-mechanical, plastic, and sheet metal components.
• Review drawings, purchase orders, specifications, and inspection documentation to verify compliance with customer requirements, IPC standards, and internal procedures.
• Train, mentor, and support inspectors by providing guidance, performance feedback, and assistance with conflict resolution and employee development.
• Conduct first article inspections, process audits, and verification of rework activities while ensuring accurate documentation and timely data entry in quality systems.
• Collaborate with production, engineering, and customer representatives to resolve quality issues, provide inspection feedback, and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Maintain compliance with ISO procedures, ESD controls, safety requirements, and housekeeping standards while ensuring the accuracy and integrity of work-in-process and inspection records.

• High School Diploma or GED
• Minimum 2 years of experience in inspection in electronics manufacturing
• Minimum 2 years of experience with SMT, Wave, or Final Inspection
• Minimum 2 years of Component-level inspection experience.

• IPC-A-610 Certification (if expired more than 1 year - must be able to challenge)

• ISO 9001 experience
• PCBA experience
• IPC-A-600/620 Certification.
• Leadership experience
• Capable of performing inspections by following blueprint instructions and written procedures given by the supplier engineering group.
• Understanding of basic electro-mechanical tools (multi-meters, calipers, etc.) and basic hand tools (wrench, torque drivers, etc.)
• Ability to interpret detailed drawings, schematics, and diagrams as required.
• Basic computer skills, problem-solving, mathematical, and workstation skills.
• Good organizational, reading comprehension, written, and verbal communication skills are required.
• Self-motivated, ability to work independently and quickly with a high degree of accuracy and detail.
• Ability to operate in a multi-tasking, highly dynamic work environment.
• Ability to work, direct others' work, and communicate effectively as a team leader.
• Operate in an ESD environment, including daily equipment checks.
• Good Attendance is critical

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check and a drug screen.
• Must Be able to work one Saturday a month on a routine schedule.
• Willingness to work flexible hours as necessary.
• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.