Quality Control Specialist
ITT · Irvine, CA
- Level
- Specialist
- Team
- Quality
- Experience asked
- 75+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
A specialist quality role at ITT (industrial) in Irvine, CA. At completion of inspection, documentation and updates will be provided into Customer Portals.
- They ask for
- 75+ years
- Tools it names
- GD&T, ISO 9001, AS9100, SAP
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in California: typical posted base $101k–$149k.
Median of the low and high ends of 109 live postings that list pay, out of 211 quality engineer openings in California, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 210 other live quality postings in California.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (75+ vs 5+)
Typical $100k–$149k, from 106 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Root cause 78%
- FMEA 53%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 44%
- Supplier quality 44%
- ✓ AS9100 42%
- ✓ ISO 9001 36%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for SAP, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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- What does a normal week look like on your team?
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Full description from ITTAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Position Summary
The Quality Control Specialist performs a review of documents used during maintenance (travelers, inspection sheets, discrepancy sheets, approved replacement parts, etc.) as well as inspection of the article to ensure that the product meets acceptable standards of quality and is in air worthy condition. At completion of inspection, documentation and updates will be provided into Customer Portals.
Essential
Responsibilities
This role is responsible for performing inspection tasks related to in-process, Final and/or Receiving Inspection areas.
Primary
Responsibilities
- ◆Perform Inspection on all products within a timely manner
- ◆Determine product conformance or non-conformance to drawings
- ◆Use SAP to transact product to inventory or to MRB
- ◆Write non-conformances for product that is not acceptable to
requirements
- ✓Detailed review of product against
requirements
- ✓Document results in Excel and SAP
Position
Requirements
- ✓High School Diploma or GED required, with 3 years of technical industry experience in a manufacturing environment
- ✓Working knowledge of use of measuring equipment – calipers, micrometer optical measurement equipment
- ✓Blueprint reading with GD&T, test specifications
- ✓SAP or equivalent ERP system knowledge
- ✓Lift up to 35lbs unassisted, on a regular basis
- ✓Stand for extended periods of time
- ✓Bend, lift, reach and squat throughout the day
- ✓Ability to stoop and squat
- ✓Proficiency in MS Excel, Outlook
- ✓Able to speak, read, and understand English; clear verbal communication
- ✓Experience in Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) use and other inspection related documentation as required
- ✓Must be able to interpret data from CMM
- ✓Military, industry automotive or aerospace standards experience. Spacecraft component and sub-systems experience.
- ✓Work experience in an organization with AS9100 or ISO 9001 certified
- ✓This position requires US Citizenship due to the visibility of NO FORN projects
Safety is a core value at ITT. Our employees understand and follow all ITT safety policies and procedures, participate in workplace inspections, safety training, and in the development of job safety analyses
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Equal Pay Act Statement
We aim to pay our ‘ITT’ers’ fairly and competitively in the locations that they live and work. Pay-for-performance is a principle that we believe in, and employees are rewarded based not only on ‘what’ they accomplish, but also on ‘how’ they reflect ITT’s values. ITT offers a competitive salary and robust total rewards package, such as health insurance, 401(k), short and long-term disability, paid time off, growth and developmental opportunities, and other incentive compensation programs. Specific benefits are dependent upon whether or not the position is part of a collective-bargaining agreement. The salary offered to a candidate is based several factors such as candidate experience and qualifications, location, as well as market and business considerations.
Equal Pay Act Range
Hourly rate is USD $22.69 - $33.85, plus benefits & incentive plan.
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About ITT
ITT Inc. (NYSE: ITT) is a diversified global leading manufacturer of highly engineered critical components and customized technology solutions serving the flow, aerospace and defense, transportation, industrial, and energy markets. Through operational execution, innovation, and disciplined capital deployment, including strategic acquisitions such as SPX FLOW, ITT partners with its customers to deliver enduring solutions to the key industries that underpin our modern way of life.
Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, ITT has a market cap of roughly $20 billion and employs more than 15,000 people across 40 countries and serves customers in approximately 125 countries. Following the acquisition of SPX FLOW, the company is expected to generate $5.4 billion in annual revenue.
Our businesses are organized in three distinct segments, each based around our core engineering DNA:
Flow Technologies: A global leader in, providing a broad portfolio of pumps, valves, mixing and agitation equipment, heat transfer, homogenizers, separation, water and wastewater treatment, and engineered process solutions.Our leading brands include the iconic Goulds Pumps (with more than 175 years of history), Anhydro, APV, Bornemann, Bran+Luebbe, C’treat, Engineered Valves, Gerstenberg Schröder, Habonim, Johnson Pump, Lightnin, Philadelphia, Plenty, PRO Cast, Rheinhütte, Seital Separation, Stelzer, Svanehøj, Tigerholm, Uutechnic, VIDAR, Waukesha Cherry-Burrell.
Motion Technologies: A global leader in brake pads (ICE and electrified brake pads) and shock absorbers (energy absorption solutions) for transportation applications. Our leading brands include Friction Technologies, KONI and Axtone.
Connect and Control Technologies: A leader in critical applications for the aerospace, defense and industrial markets, including harsh environment connectors and control components. Our leading brands include ITT Cannon, Enidine, Aerospace Controls and kSARIA.