Quality Specialist

Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America. By combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing, we help aerospace and defense companies build rockets, satellites, aircraft, ships, and other mission-critical systems up to 10x faster and at significantly lower cost.

The Quality Specialist is a hands-on inspector role within our Quality Operations group. You will focus on first article inspections, visual and mechanical inspection, CMM report verification, and nonconformance management for aerospace and defense components. Your work ensures that new parts and processes are stable, capable, and ready for production.

What You’ll Do

• Perform first article inspections (FAI) and provide detailed feedback on new parts

• Conduct visual inspection of bare and coated parts to verify finish and cosmetic requirements

• Carry out mechanical inspection of parts using precision measurement tools

• Analyze and verify CMM reports for accuracy and conformance

• Write, disposition, and verify nonconformance reports (NCRs)

• Triage and escalate out-of-tolerance conditions in production

• Generate customer shipment documentation to ensure compliance with requirements

• Partner with programmers, engineers, and technicians to drive stable, in-tolerance production

• 1+ years of experience in mechanical or quality inspection

• Demonstrated ability to perform inspections with a high degree of accuracy and efficiency

• Experience using precision measurement tools (calipers, micrometers, height gauges, etc.)

• Familiarity with CMM inspection results

• High level of experience with reading and interpreting GD&T

• Strong attention to detail and ability to communicate findings clearly

• Hands-on experience writing and dispositioning NCRs

• Experience supporting aerospace or defense manufacturing

• Knowledge of AS9100 or related quality management systems

• Familiarity with PC-DMIS (equivalent to level 1) or other CMM programming environments

• Experience working with optical inspection systems and high precision gauges

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

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Hadrian will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable laws. We do not ask about criminal history on our application, and we do not consider criminal history before making a conditional offer of employment.

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