The quality inspector has an opportunity to help create the quality culture within Harvard Bioscience. Living and breathing quality is part of our high level goal to drive business excellence. With a focus on operations, the quality inspector will perform incoming inspection for the company, including electrical, mechanical, or chemical testing of materials against design specifications. This individual will contribute to new product introductions, process or supplier changes by providing inspection support for development projects for specific tasks (First Article, Engineering Testing, and Component Characterization). The quality inspector will assist the manufacturing team in the troubleshooting of quality issues experienced on the production line, assisting in improving first pass yield, rework, scrap and other related metrics. The quality inspector will assist in maintaining calibration for all machines, tools, etc. as part of the production system.

Essential Job Functions

• Performs receiving inspection of materials as specified in receiving inspection procedures. Inspection includes electrical, mechanical and chemical analysis. Performs first article inspection for new designs, design revisions, or authorized vendor changes.
• Quality inspection of items as requested including characterization studies of materials, including data collection and reporting.
• Ensures compliance of incoming inspection procedures by suggesting updates as necessary. Provides input for continuing improvement of receiving inspection procedures.
• Interacts with manufacturing when a problem arises to aide in root cause and corrective action.
• Assists in internal ISO 9001 auditing
• Oversees MRB and RMA reviews

skills and abilities required

Experienced in the use of incoming inspection equipment (calipers, height gages, pins)

Ability to read and understand mechanical drawings and electrical component specifications.

Basic mathematical skills

Microsoft Office Suite and good computer literacy

Analytical skills, ideally in Excel, SQL, PowerBI or other

Bonus skills and experience

Experience ISO 9001 auditing

Experience with basic statistical techniques including sampling plans

ASQ Certified Quality Technician

Education and Experience and/or equivalent

HS Diploma/ Technical degree preferred 5+ years experience