Quality Inspector - Kelly Services

San Jose, CA 95134

About the Job

Quality Inspector
Location: San Jose, CA
Pay Rate: $28 - $35/hour
Job Type: Contract-to-Hire (Potential for conversion after 6 months)
Shift: Day Shift - 6AM - 2:30PM

About the Role:
Kelly Engineering is seeking a meticulous and detail-oriented Quality Inspector to join our client's high-technology manufacturing team in San Jose, CA. This is a contract-to-hire opportunity with the potential for permanent placement after 6 months. The Quality Inspector will perform essential inspection tasks, including receiving, in-process, and final inspections, ensuring that all products meet rigorous customer quality standards. You’ll play a key role in verifying specifications, identifying and reporting discrepancies, and collaborating closely with production, engineering, and program management teams.

Key Responsibilities:

Conduct first article/piece inspections at the start of production runs to ensure requirements are met and discrepancies are reported.
Perform roving sample inspections and quality audits during production to ensure continuous delivery of acceptable products.
Complete 100% final inspections to verify materials and processes meet quality standards before shipping to customers.
Perform mechanical and visual inspections of incoming materials and maintain quality records for vendor evaluation and internal processes.
Interpret technical documentation, including blueprints, Bills of Material (BOM), datasheets, and specifications.
Cross-train in other areas and assist with additional duties as required.

Must-Haves:

High school diploma or GED.
3+ year of quality inspection experience in high-technology manufacturing.
Familiarity with IPC 600, IPC 610, and J-Std-001 standards and quality system processes.
Ability to read and interpret blueprints, BOMs, datasheets, and technical documents.
Experience using small hand tools and working under a microscope for inspection.
Physical ability to lift, stand, climb, and bend in a manufacturing environment.
Knowledge of ISO9001, AS9100, or ISO13485 processes is preferred.

About Kelly Engineering’s Client:
Our client is an industry leader in high-technology manufacturing, dedicated to delivering top-quality products to a diverse range of industries. By joining their team, you'll contribute to the production of innovative solutions while ensuring adherence to the highest quality standards.

Take the next step in your career and make an impact in quality assurance! Apply today to join a dynamic team where your skills and dedication will be recognized.

As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.

Why Kelly^® Engineering?

Your engineering skills are in demand, but how do you find the right fit? Easy. At Kelly Engineering, our team creates expert talent solutions to solve the world’s most critical challenges. We connect you with leading organizations where you can collaborate on innovative projects, work with cutting-edge technologies and accelerate your growth. Whether you prefer the variety and flexibility of short-term projects or are looking for a long-term opportunity, we’re here to guide you to the next step in your engineering career.

About Kelly

Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we’re obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it’s about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It’s the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It’s the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life—just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.

Kelly Services is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We welcome, value, and embrace diversity at all levels and are committed to building a team that is inclusive of a variety of backgrounds, communities, perspectives, and abilities. At Kelly, we believe that the more inclusive we are, the better services we can provide. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to Kelly’s Human Resource Knowledge Center.Kelly complies with the requirements of California’s state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment. Kelly participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

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