Full-Time

Quality Control Technician

Snowline Engineering

Snowline Engineering

Precision metal manufacturing

Compensation Overview

$25 - $30/hr

+ 401(k) company match

Cameron Park, CA, USA

In Person

Category
Manufacturing Quality & Test (1)
Required Skills
CAD
Word/Pages/Docs
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
Requirements
  • A high school diploma or General Educational Development credential is required.
  • Two to four years of precision machining experience is required.
  • Ability to read blueprints is required.
  • Experience with Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel is required.
  • Familiarity with calipers, micrometers, coordinate measuring machines, blade micrometers, hole micrometers, inside-depth micrometers, flange gauges, thread gauges, gland gauges, multi-anvil micrometers, dial bore gauges, indicators, height gauges, V-blocks, 1-2-3 blocks, sine bars, squares, protractors, Cadillac gauges, hardness testers, pin gauges, tooling balls, Deltronic pins, and radius gauges is required.
  • Excellent customer relations skills, mathematics skills, time management skills, written and oral communication skills, a professional work attitude, problem-solving skills, and critical-thinking skills are required.
  • The employee must practice safe and efficient work techniques, participate in safety meetings and inspections, maintain equipment in good working order, keep material areas and assigned work areas neat and orderly, wear appropriate safety attire and protective equipment, and perform facility and equipment inspections and necessary maintenance.
Responsibilities
  • Inspect manufactured precision-machined products, including first article, in-process, and final inspections.
  • Use precision monitoring and measuring instruments, including a coordinate measuring machine.
  • Communicate quality issues and immediately document and report out-of-tolerance items.
  • Maintain paperwork, computer logs, and other required documentation accurately and consistently.
  • Work with department supervisors to report floor quality concerns.
  • Inspect first articles in a timely and accurate manner.
  • Inspect final inspection parts with accuracy and efficiency.
  • Receive in-process inspection parts from outside processes.
  • Interpret complex customer drawings and customer quality codes.
  • Work with shop employees to address quality concerns and create inspection methods at the machine.
  • Confirm that routers and manufacturing drawings are correct.
  • Confirm that shop employees are using proper in-process inspection sheets.
  • Measure parts with all inspection tools.
  • Build highly complex AS9102 inspection reports.
  • Create split lots when needed.
  • Calibrate the coordinate measuring machine daily as needed.
  • Keep the workspace clean and organized.
  • Create shipping paperwork and certificates of conformance.
  • Work with machinists when asked for advice on manufacturing.
  • Repair damaged critical parts when able.
  • Work with the shop to determine how to fix damaged parts.
  • Assist machinists with quality issues.
  • Perform other duties assigned by management.

Snowline Engineering is a precision manufacturing company. It provides CNC machining, sheet-metal fabrication, welding, finishing, assembly, and related manufacturing services. The company works with aerospace and other industrial customers that need complex metal parts and assemblies built to specification. Its shop model combines manufacturing engineering and programming with machining, fabrication, welding, quality inspection, scheduling, maintenance, and customer coordination. Work spans machinists, welders, fabricators, programmers, quality inspectors, manufacturing engineers, maintenance, and operations.

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Headquarters

Cameron Park, California

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Snowline's 60-year manufacturing history strengthens trust with aerospace prime contractors.
  • The Stark Aerospace deal gives Snowline direct exposure to U.S. Navy programs.
  • Management says 2026 expansion tracks booming aerospace and defense demand.

What critics are saying

  • Snowline's largest award, over $25 million, concentrates revenue with Stark Aerospace.
  • If Navy canister orders slip, Snowline's touted $100 million option value evaporates.
  • A third-facility expansion in 2026 strains capital, staffing, and delivery execution.

What makes Snowline Engineering unique

  • Since 1966, Snowline has built precision machining and fabrication for aerospace and defense.
  • In 2026, Snowline is expanding into a third facility in Cameron Park.
  • Snowline secured a December 2024 Stark Aerospace contract for MK 25 canisters and hardware.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Paid Vacation

Paid Sick Leave

Paid Holidays