**Job Title: Quality Technician** **Job Description** Audits processes, tests and inspects products, and develops, compiles, and evaluates statistical data to determine and maintain the quality and reliability of products. **Responsibilities** + Work from engineering drawings, specifications, schematics, diagrams, written descriptions, layouts, or defined plans to perform complex engineering testing, checkout, First Article Inspection, root cause analysis, internal corrective actions, and supplier correction actions. + Interpret engineering drawings, schematic diagrams, or formulas and confer with management or engineering staff to determine quality and reliability standards. + Select processes to be audited from primarily the manufacturing areas and check for a variety of features, including ESD (electro-static discharge) and handling practices, documentation, training, and process integrity. + Select products for audits at specified stages in the production or post-production process, and test products for a variety of qualities such as dimensions, performance, and mechanical, electrical, or cosmetic characteristics. + Record audit data, applying statistical quality control procedures. + Evaluate data and write reports to validate or indicate deviations from existing standards. + Recommend modifications of existing quality or production standards, programs, or reports to achieve optimum quality within the limits of equipment capability. + Perform calibration on inspection tools such as micrometers, calipers, height gauges, etc. + Maintain gauge track program, print a list of gauges due for calibration at the beginning of each month, and follow up with calibration. + Send gauges out for calibration and maintain calibration records. + Prepare graphs or charts of data or enter data into a computer for analysis. + Download quality information from the quality system to be used for QA reports. + Analyze engineering test results and implement process changes to resolve problems. + Perform out-of-box audits (OBA) as required. + Provide factory support to identify and resolve issues associated with purchased parts, materials, and manufacturing. + May be required to perform receiving inspection. **Essential Skills** + Inspection + Quality control + Quality assurance + Quality inspection + Blueprint interpretation **Additional Skills & Qualifications** + Ability to record audit data and apply statistical quality control procedures. + Capability to evaluate data and write reports to validate or indicate deviations from existing standards. + Skill in recommending modifications of existing quality or production standards, programs, or reports. + Experience in performing calibration on inspection tools such as micrometers, calipers, height gauges, etc. + Proficiency in maintaining a gauge track program and following up with calibration. + Ability to prepare graphs or charts of data and enter data into a computer for analysis. + Competence in downloading quality information from the quality system for QA reports. + Aptitude for analyzing engineering test results and implementing process changes. + Experience in performing out-of-box audits (OBA). + Ability to provide factory support for resolving issues with purchased parts, materials, and manufacturing. + Willingness to perform receiving inspection as required. **Why Work Here?** Join a team that values quality and reliability in its products. Benefit from a collaborative environment where your skills and contributions are recognized and valued. Enjoy opportunities for professional growth and development in a supportive and dynamic workplace. **Work Environment** The position is for a Quality Technician working from 6am-2:30pm, Monday to Friday. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and work that requires repetitive motion. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. The employee is regularly required to talk and hear, frequently required to sit, and occasionally required to stand and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision and color vision. The ability to handle small components is essential. **Job Type & Location** This is a Contract position based out of Milpitas, California. **About Aerotek:** We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow. Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.