Position Overview:  

Inspects products for both lighting and electric product lines to ensure conformance to requirements and specifications.   Performs electrical, functional, and visual inspections, as required to ensure compliance.

Essential Job Functions:

• Physically selects products/samples for incoming inspection for verification of acceptability utilizing AQL (Acceptable Quality Level) requirements for Zero Acceptance Number Sampling Plan.
• Ensure proper inspections have been performed to ensure product quality. This will include the inspection of incoming material, packaging, and customer returns.
• Maintain a repository of quality records for inspection results, as well as maintain Calibration records for electrical test equipment within the department.
• Plans, sets up, and performs both special/custom and standard testing, when inspecting for new and existing products.
• Identifies errors in catalog and specification sheets.
• Inspects product for proper packaging prior to shipments.
• Identifies continuous improvement areas in stock room processes such as packaging and product damage.
• Evaluates, photographs, and reports container packaging issues for follow on action by the Logistics Department.
• Assists in operations and warehousing audits inspecting for:
  • Improper labeling and packaging of products.
  • Conformance to FIFO and Housekeeping requirements.
  • Internal quality within the department. 
• Maintains gauges and equipment and identifies when gauges are out of calibration and need to be sent for recalibrating.
• As instructed performs First Article Inspections for new and second sourced products.
• Maintain the Material Review Area to ensure that all products are identified and organized. Prepares rejected product for Material Review Board Meeting.
• Verifies specified dimensions of product or material when required for customer complaints, engineering evaluation and/or material review board requests.
• Responsible for the completion of all Defective Material Reports (DMR) in support of the quality process.
• Maintains a Clean Lab including outside shelving in and outside of lab.
• Assists in developing and maintaining the ISO9001 procedures and work instructions as needed.
• Promote and execute quality standards, inspection processes, and test methodology, quality plans, documents, and reports. Assist in process certification. 
• Assists the Quality Assurance Representative to the Materials Review Board and provides technical expertise as required.
• Rework, assemble, inspect, test and package fixtures.
• Able to verify, test, troubleshoot customer field failure returns. 
• To test LED’s and drivers using test equipment
• Troubleshoots, with the ability to install and/or repair lighting fixtures, drivers, sensors (various types) 
• To inspect lighting fixtures for defects in workmanship
• Provide filed assistance with installation of electrical wiring, fixtures are consistent with electrical, fire, safety, and local building codes.
• Perform a variety of skilled and semi-skilled tasks involving the use of different hand tools, power tools and maintenance equipment used to retrofit, replace, and repair lighting fixtures. 
• Able to create reports and summary of the issues and be able to communicate to the various groups of people
• Work with various groups of employees in team-based environment
• To work with product management and sales team concerning product issues
• To answer Help Desk Tickets and communicate with sales on the resolution of issue and in general support Sales Team
• Any other duties as assigned.

Required Skills/ Qualifications:

• Proficiency in Microsoft EXCEL ^©, Word and Outlook
• Must have good mathematical skills.
• Proficient in interpreting engineering drawings and diagrams.
• Effective communication skills in English.
• Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with both internal customers and external suppliers.
• Ability to speak Spanish a plus.

Education/ Experience Requirements:

Associate's degree (A.A.) or equivalent vocational degree in Quality Assurance (QA) from a two-year college or technical school; or three years related experience in a manufacturing environment; or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Experience with packaging and containerization a plus.

Experience working within an ISO9001 organization preferred.