Responsibilities
What you'll own
- Perform dimensional, optical, and cosmetic inspection per the program's documented release plan.
- Operate metrology equipment — CMM, profilometer, interferometer, MTF bench, spectrophotometer — per the role-specific training and calibration record.
- Document inspection results, non-conformances, and dispositions; partner with the senior quality manager on CAPAs.
- Support PPAP, first-article, and lot-release documentation; ensure traceability is intact end-to-end.
- Spot recurring defects and escalate with data — not anecdotes — to the molding, coating, or assembly cell that owns the upstream signature.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Two or more years in a precision-manufacturing QC role, ideally optical, medical-device, or aerospace.
- Hands-on experience with one or more of: CMM, profilometer, interferometer, MTF bench, spectrophotometer.
- Comfortable reading optical and mechanical drawings, GD&T, and program-specific acceptance criteria.
- Disciplined documentation habits — release evidence must hold up to customer and certification audit.
Nice to have
Useful, not required
- Working knowledge of ISO 9001 or ISO 13485 audit posture.
- Prior exposure to optical bench evidence (wavefront, transmission, scatter) beyond dimensional.
More about the role
Context
About the role
Quality at Sandia produces release evidence, not just numbers. You’ll work across metrology disciplines and partner with molding, coating, and assembly to keep the evidence trail credible. The senior quality manager owns the system; you own the day-to-day data quality that makes the system trustworthy.
How to apply
Send a short note and resume to the address linked above. Tell us one defect you caught that traced to an upstream process signature, and what evidence convinced the upstream owner to change.