Principal Metrology and Measurement Engineer

About

Our innovative and rapidly growing client in Hudson County, NJ is seeking a Metrology and Measurement Engineer with strong leadership capabilities to build and scale a world‑class metrology and inspection function. In this exciting role, they will be part of a Transformation Team and will lead the design of a new quality lab, implement advanced measurement systems, and shape how quality is defined across the organization’s entire ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Lead transformation initiatives that elevate manufacturing risk analysis, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Build and operationalize a metrology driven Incoming Quality Lab including equipment strategy, inspection methods, and analytics frameworks.
• Deploy advanced inspection technologies such as CMM, OMM, signal integrity analyzers, and flow or leak validation tools while integrating predictive analytics into daily operations.
• Apply rigorous statistical methods including SPC, Cp and Cpk, GR and R, DOE, and PFMEA to proactively control variation.
• Collaborate across design, quality, test, and supplier engineering to ensure inspection readiness aligns with production ramps.
• Recruit and develop a multidisciplinary team of engineers and inspectors.
• Lead supplier correlation studies, Track and Trace analytics, and closed loop corrective actions.
• Present IQC performance and readiness metrics to executive leadership.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field.
• 15+ years of experience in incoming inspection, metrology, or supplier quality leadership within high volume and high complexity industries.
• Expertise in GD&T, CMM, signal integrity, leak or flow testing, and statistical analytics using Minitab or JMP.
• Strong experience building labs, qualifying equipment, and running calibration programs in compliance with ISO or TL9000.
• Proven experience leading and scaling technical teams.
• Backgrounds from automotive, aerospace, consumer electronics, medical devices, telecom, EMS or ODM, or semiconductors are encouraged.
• Six Sigma Green Belt required, black belt a plus.
• Experience with liquid cooling or high‑speed interconnects preferred.
• Experience with AI or ML analytics, anomaly detection, or predictive modeling a plus.

Benefits

Benefit offerings for full-time employment include 10 paid Holidays, and 10 PTO days, prorated based on hire date within the calendar year. Also included: Medical, dental, vision, term life and AD&D insurance, long‑term disability, employee assistance program, onsite gym, and a 401k plan.

Equal Opportunity

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

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Fair Chance Considerations

The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

• The California Fair Chance Act
• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance