Metrologist

Position Title: Metrologist (Confidential Client)

Location: Calabasas, CA | On-site

Employment Type: Contract

Compensation

• Pay Rate: $43/hr (preference will be given to candidates who are willing to accept 43/hr or less)

Position Summary

The primary role of a Metrologist in Manufacturing Engineering is to design, implement and monitor quality control programs. Key deliverables include, but not limited to, recommending changes to methods, procedures, and standards to improve quality of output based on analysis of data and systems. Ensures products are built correctly to specification, quality standards, and appropriate regulatory compliance. Reports defects and tracks until resolution.

Primary Functions

• The primary objectives of the Metrology specialization within the Manufacturing Quality job family are to perform precise measurements, analysis, and reporting. These activities support engineers in new part development, qualification, and validation, as well as provide critical problem-solving and analytical support for Production and Quality Assurance on existing parts.


• Key responsibilities include conducting Metrology testing, evaluation, analysis, and reporting, providing input to design engineers on test feasibility and requirements and conducting root cause analysis of dimensionally related problems.


• Support roles consist of: (1) clerical, administrative or specialized support tasks in an office or field setting; (2) specialized technical tasks or skilled craft work; (3) unskilled or semi-skilled operational tasks.


• Interacts internally to exchange information.


• Informal resources for colleagues with less experience.


• Works independently, likely to function as an informal resource for colleagues with less experience.


• Partner with Product Development, Supplier Engineering, and Manufacturing Engineering to ensure design specifications are measurable and robust.


• Develop and validate inspection methods for new components.


• Writing SOP and Work Instructions as required.


• Support RCA efforts by defining and executing appropriate measurement methods.


• Reduce reliance on external vendors for metrology setup and execution.

Must-Haves

• CMM Programming (Mitutoyo COSMOS).


• Use of several types of measuring instruments (optical comparator, vision systems).


• Hands-on experience working with CMM machines.


• Optical inspection systems.


• Vision control systems.


• Receiving inspection equipment.


• Has completed vocational training or obtained equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 4 years of related experience.


• Detailed knowledge of procedures and his/her administration, uses initiative to handle a wide variety of non-routine situations and conflicts.


• Identifies key issues and patterns from partial/conflicting data.


• Metrology, receiving inspection, quality engineering, inspection procedure development, and documentation experience.


• MSA and calibration knowledge.


• Experience training or coaching inspectors.


• Quality systems and advanced measurement systems experience.


• ASQ, MSA, or other metrology/quality certifications.


• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration experience.