Metrologist

Cephas Consultancy Services Private Limited; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The Metrologist in Manufacturing Engineering designs, implements, and monitors quality control programs to help ensure products meet specifications, quality standards, and regulatory requirements.

This role analyzes quality data, recommends improvements to methods and procedures, and tracks defects through resolution, collaborating with Production, QA, Design, and Supplier Engineering to ensure measurement methods are robust and compliant.

Qualifications

• CMM programming experience, including Mitutoyo COSMOS.
• Experience using multiple measuring instruments such as optical comparators and vision systems.

Responsibilities

• Perform metrology testing, evaluation, analysis, and reporting to support new-part development, qualification, and validation.
• Provide measurement and analytical support to Production and Quality Assurance for existing parts.
• Advise design engineers on test feasibility and measurement requirements.
• Conduct root cause analysis of dimensional problems and support root cause analysis efforts by defining and executing appropriate measurement methods.
• Partner with Product Development, Supplier Engineering, and Manufacturing Engineering to ensure specifications are measurable and robust.
• Develop and validate inspection methods for new components.
• Write SOPs and work instructions as required.
• Exchange information with internal stakeholders, work independently, and serve as an informal resource for less-experienced colleagues.

Skills

CMM programming

Education

Bachelor’s degree or 4 years related experience

Tools

Mitutoyo COSMOS

Optical comparators

Vision systems

Job description

The Metrologist in Manufacturing Engineering designs, implements, and monitors quality control programs to help ensure products meet specifications, quality standards, and regulatory requirements. This role analyzes quality data, recommends improvements to methods and procedures, and tracks defects through resolution.

Responsibilities

Perform metrology testing, evaluation, analysis, and reporting to support new-part development, qualification, and validation.Provide measurement and analytical support to Production and Quality Assurance for existing parts.Advise design engineers on test feasibility and measurement requirements.Conduct root cause analysis of dimensional problems and support root cause analysis efforts by defining and executing appropriate measurement methods.Partner with Product Development, Supplier Engineering, and Manufacturing Engineering to ensure specifications are measurable and robust.Develop and validate inspection methods for new components.Write SOPs and work instructions as required.Reduce reliance on external vendors for metrology setup and execution.Exchange information with internal stakeholders, work independently, and serve as an informal resource for less-experienced colleagues.

Qualifications

Required: CMM programming experience, including Mitutoyo COSMOS, and experience using multiple measuring instruments, such as optical comparators and vision systems.

Preferred: A bachelor’s degree or four years of related experience.Vocational training or equivalent experience.Detailed knowledge of relevant procedures and their administration; initiative in handling varied, non-routine situations and conflicts; and the ability to identify key issues and patterns in partial or conflicting data.