Quality Inspection Supervisor

Joby Aviation Joby Aviation · Robotics · Marina, CA · Quality Assurance

Joby Aviation is seeking a Quality Inspection Supervisor to lead their quality assurance team in a manufacturing environment, focusing on aviation. The role involves supervising inspection team members, leading improvement activities, developing training, managing manpower, and ensuring compliance with production system procedures. Requires supervisory knowledge in manufacturing, preferably aviation, with strong leadership, problem-solving, and analytical skills. Experience with quality systems, gauging, and blueprints is essential.

What you'd actually do

  1. Supervise Quality Inspection Team Members, and will be responsible for the overall operations of these areas
  2. Lead improvement activities for quality, delivery, cost, and safety objectives, and will support continuous improvement through Kaizen
  3. Review and/or prepare standardized work procedures and facilitate effective communication of procedures to affected areas
  4. Develop training documents and facilitate training; assist in troubleshooting quality issues
  5. Must be able to manage manpower, including time clock management of hourly employees, and ability to control overtime

Skills

Required

  • Supervisory knowledge in a manufacturing environment
  • Leadership ability
  • Decision making
  • Knowledge of quality systems
  • Gauging
  • Close tolerance measurement
  • Technical aptitude
  • Ability to read and follow work instructions, procedures, and policies
  • General understanding and interpretation of blueprints
  • General understanding of quality assurance system
  • Solid problem-solving skills
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly
  • Ability to train others
  • Ability to use general inspection tools (calipers, micrometers, hole gages, rulers, etc)
  • Ability to adapt to change
  • Positive attitude
  • Ability to maintain a high morale environment
  • Ability to work at a sustained pace
  • Honesty/integrity
  • Organization
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Minimum High School diploma
  • 7 years in a quality inspection role
  • 3 years in a leadership/supervisory role

Nice to have

  • Experience in the Aviation Industry
  • Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline
  • Knowledge of special equipment (CMM, FaroArm, Microscope, Oscilloscope, etc)
  • Working knowledge of manufacturing systems and processes
  • Proficient in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
  • ASQ Certified Quality Inspector Certificate

What the JD emphasized

  • Must have supervisory knowledge in a manufacturing environment, preferably in the aviation industry, or have proven ability to lead people
  • Must display leadership ability, be able to influence others to perform their jobs effectively, and be responsible for making decisions
  • Knowledge of quality systems, gauging, and close tolerance measurement
  • General understanding and interpretation of blueprints is required (including tolerance requirements, key and critical characteristics)
  • General understanding of quality assurance system
  • Solid problem-solving skills using a variety of root cause tools
  • Strong analytical skills (ability to use thinking and reasoning to solve a problem)
  • Must demonstrate initiative (ability to make decisions or take actions to solve a problem or reach a goal
  • Must be able to work under pressure (ability to complete assigned tasks under stressful situations)
  • Minimum High School diploma with 7 years in a quality inspection role with 3 years in a leadership/supervisory role