Senior Metrology & Test Development Lead

SCHOTT Glass (M) Sdn Bhd; Penang; On-site; MYR 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Education support

Dental

Parking

Vision

EPF extra contribution

Training

Vehicle subsidy

Job summary

SCHOTT Glass (M) Sdn Bhd in Penang seeks a senior leader to head Metrology & Test Development for geometry reflective waveguide programs. You will define mid-to-long-term strategy, build the team, and ensure robust metrology from development through NPI and into mass production.

You will champion data-driven measurement improvements, lead cross-site correlations and drive automation, ensuring quality and cost-effective measurements across manufacturing stages.

Qualifications

• 12–15 years of hands-on experience in metrology, test development, characterization and/or optical component manufacturing.
• 3–5 years in technical leadership or people-management.
• MSA & Statistics: expertise in Measurement Systems Analysis, Regression Analysis, t-test, SPC, CPK or other techniques.
• Automation, Coding & AI: Good in Python, LabVIEW as the primary coding languages; experience in automation and data collection.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the metrology and test development team.
• Drive MSA governance (Type-1 gauge analysis, GR&R studies) and reduce measurement variation.
• Collaborate with Design, PI and DFM Task Force to manage cost reduction and standardization.
• Develop test solutions and metrology methods for optical components for high-volume manufacturing.
• Drive automation of measurement algorithms and data integrity with Grafana and One Database.
• Manage transfer plans from development to mass production and ensure correlation across lines.

Skills

MSA & Statistics

Python

LabVIEW

Automation

Project Management

Technical Leadership

FMEA

Optical Test Methods

Data Analytics

Education

BSc / MSc / Ph.D. in Photonics, Optics, Physics, Engineering, Mechatronics

Tools

None

Job description

SCHOTT Glass (M) Sdn Bhd in Penang seeks a senior leader to head Metrology & Test Development for geometry reflective waveguide programs. You will define mid-to-long-term strategy, build the team, and ensure robust metrology from development through NPI and into mass production.

You will champion data-driven measurement improvements, lead cross-site correlations and drive automation, ensuring quality and cost-effective measurements across manufacturing stages.