Senior Metrology Engineering Technician

Job Description

Senior Metrology Engineering Technician

Senior Metrology Engineering Technician is an advanced senior technician role. Operating primarily responsible for AR/VR headsets, smart glasses, and optical components or their infrastructure. This senior technician is responsible for bridging the gap between raw hardware prototyping and high-level optical/mechanical engineering.

Role Overview:

The Senior Metrology Technician is responsible for developing, validating, and executing complex measurement subroutines with focus heavily on advanced optical metrology (wavefront sensing, interferometry, confocal microscopy) and high-precision mechanical alignment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Advanced Measurement Execution: Perform complex, non-routine characterization and sub-micron inspections on delicate optical displays, wave guides, camera modules, and custom silicon.
• CMM & Optical Tool Programming Support: Write, modify, and optimize automated inspection programs for Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs) and advanced non-contact optical profiling systems.
• Fixture Design & Prototyping Support: Design and build custom mechanical jigs or test fixtures to hold first-of-a-kind prototypes securely without inducing material stress or distortion. Perform Preventive maintenance, instrument troubleshooting, calibration records, and equipment qualification.
• Data Analysis & Uncertainty Budgets: Analyze large 3D scan data sets and point clouds using spatial software (e.g., Poly Works, MATLAB). Calculate measurement uncertainty budgets to guarantee statistical validity.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner directly with Hardware Development Engineers to diagnose out-of-spec tolerances, conduct root-cause analysis on failed components, and refine manufacturing parameters.
• Lab Support: Standardize lab safety protocols, author complex Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and mentor Level 1 and 2 technicians.

Requirements & Qualifications:

• Education: Technical Associate’s degree or a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Optics, Mechatronics, Physics, or equivalent hands-on industry experience.
• Experience: Typically, 4 to 6+ years of experience in a high-tech metrology role (such as consumer electronics, semiconductors, or advanced optics testing).
• Quality Engineering mind set and experience
• Software Proficiency: Excel, Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW and more.
• Equipment Proficiency: Experience in instrumentation such as white-light interferometers, laser confocal microscopes, automated optical inspection (AOI) systems, and multi-sensor CMMs.
• Cleanroom Protocol: Comfortable working inside Class cleanroom environments, adhering to strict ESD (Electrostatic Discharge) and particle control requirements.