NDT Technician - Ultrasonic (UT) - Level III - C Shift (Weekend Day Shift) Verified today
Role Overview
Join Blue Origin's Nondestructive Testing team in Huntsville, Alabama. You will perform development and production ultrasonic (UT) inspections on spaceflight systems, ensuring part integrity and quality across all flight hardware.
Shift
C Shift: Friday through Sunday, 5:00 AM to 5:30 PM
Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain inspection techniques to examine hardware in compliance with safety and specification requirements
- Perform ultrasonic inspections using UT equipment on flight-critical hardware and test samples
- Interpret inspection results and apply acceptance criteria from drawings and work orders
- Document and organize inspection findings
- Communicate inspection results to engineers and managers
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 2 years of Level II ultrasonic experience
- Must pass Ultrasonic General Test and Specific Test by week 3 (study materials provided)
- Meet NAS-410 minimum training requirements in ultrasound
- Qualify to certify to Level II status per NAS-410 with minimum 800 documented hours
- Vision requirements: Near vision 20/25 (Snellen) at 16 inches or Jaeger No. 1 at 12 inches; Color perception 14-Plate Ishihara with minimum 12 panels correct
- Familiarity with ASTM E164 (contact UT of weldments), ASTM E2700 (phased array UT of welds), and ASTM E2375 (UT of wrought products)
- Ability to determine optimal parameters per techniques and system calibrations
- Experience analyzing data from metallic and composite structures
- Experience with thru-transmission ultrasonics of sandwich composites
- Experience in pulse echo composite inspection
- Experience in bond testing
- Experience in composite repair inspection
- Ability to read blueprints and schematic diagrams
- Microsoft Office proficiency
- Willingness to work overtime and off-shifts as needed
- Ability to lift and transport parts and equipment within OSHA limits
- Experience in both lab and field inspection environments
- Comfortable working from platforms, scissor lifts, and aerial boom lifts
Desired Qualifications
- Advanced Phased Array training
- Thermography training (Level I and II)
- Current certification as radiographer for X-ray (ASNT, IRRSP, or state-carded)
- NAS-410 training in additional methods: radiography, eddy current, liquid penetrant, magnetic particle
- Certification in radiography, eddy current, liquid penetrant, magnetic particle, infrared, terahertz, or laser shearography
- 40 hours radiation safety training
- 40 hours digital radiography training
- Computed and digital radiography training
- Knowledge of industry NDT standards
- Production environment experience, preferably aerospace
- Experience with automated or robotic inspection equipment
- 1 or more years aerospace experience
Employment Requirements
Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum.
Background check required for all positions. Additional background checks may apply depending on facility requirements.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision insurance
- Basic and supplemental life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Short and long-term disability
- 401(k) with company match up to 5%
- Education support program
- Stock options for regular employees (20+ hours/week)
- Paid time off: up to 4 weeks annually and up to 14 company-paid holidays
- Potential eligibility for bonuses based on performance (not guaranteed)