• Quality Inspector II

    PDS Defense (Marriottsville, MD)


    Light Industrial/Manufacturing

    **Quality Inspector II** MARRIOTTSVILLE, MD Posted: 10/8/2025

    Job Description

    Job ID#:

    213406

    Job Category:

    Light Industrial/Manufacturing

    Position Type:

    Associate - W2

    Shift:

    1

     

    PDS Defense, Inc. is seeking a Quality Inspector II, in Marriottsville, MD. Job ID#213406

     

    Pay Rate: $19 - $24/hr

    Job Description:

    Supporting incoming, in-process and final inspections including customer source inspections.

     

    Ensuring quality at a production line level by incorporating spot-inspection, sampling, 1st-piece verification and 100% inspection as required.

     

    Verifying compliance of in-process material against Customer and Industry Standards

     

    Ensuring documentation is accurately recorded and collected.

     

    Identifies defects, deviations from specifications, and non-compliance issues, and collaborates the issues with Quality and Engineering team.

     

    Investigate root causes of non-conformities and implement corrective and preventive actions.

     

    Supporting first-piece verification runs with accompanying documents.

     

    Documenting non-conformities to the process and specifications

     

    Initiating regular quality line-audits to ensure all documentation, consumables, and tooling are within check.

     

    Advocating proper ESD, PPE, and FOD prevention, calibration, and ISO compliance verifications.

     

    Operating appropriate inspection equipment

    Required Qualifications:

    3-5 years of experience in quality assurance of electro-mechanical, bare PCB, mechanical Enclosures inspection in a manufacturing environment

     

    Experience with MMIC technology (amplifiers, attenuators, filters, switches, etc)

     

    Physically able to spend up to 8 hours a day using a microscope.

     

    Familiarity with IPC Industry Standards

     

    High-School Diploma

    Preferred Qualifications:

    J-STD-001 Class 3 and/or IPC 610 certified

     

    Experience working in an ISO-9001 and/or AS9100 Quality System environment

     

    Ability to communicate openly and effectively to provide real-time feedback

     

    Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment

     

    Customer-Focused, "Zero-Defect" Mindset

     

    Documentation abilities

     

    Computer literacy

     

    Industry-Relevant Quality Inspection or Control experience

     

    Willingness to cross train in multiple Quality areas

     

    Benefits offered to vary by the contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.

    Job Requirements

    Minimum Security Clearance:

    No Clearance

     

    Military connected talent encouraged to apply.

     

    VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled

     

    To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please visit http://www.tadpgs.com/candidate-privacy/ or https://pdsdefense.com/candidate-privacy/

    The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

    + The California Fair Chance Act

    + Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance

    + Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers

    + San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

     

    VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled