Supervisor, Metrology & Inspection

The role

This person will lead daily inspection and measurement activities across production and development environments. They will supervise a team of technicians and act as a technical point of contact for measurement strategy and CMM execution.

What you will do

• Supervise daily inspection and metrology operations
• Lead and support a team of inspection and metrology technicians
• Act as technical point of contact for measurement strategy and CMM execution
• Ensure CMM programs and inspection methods are executed efficiently
• Coordinate workload, staffing, and equipment utilization
• Partner with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Engineering, and Production teams
• Drive adherence to quality systems and customer requirements
• Review inspection results and escalate quality risks
• Support deployment of new metrology technologies and automation
• Coach, train, and mentor technicians

Required qualifications

• Ability to lawfully access information and technology that is subject to US export controls
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with inspection, metrology, and quality within a fast-paced aerospace/automotive manufacturing or production environment
• 2+ years of experience in a people leadership or supervisory role
• Strong working knowledge of metrology operations and programming (PC-DMIS, Calypso, Zeiss inspect, verisurf, or equivalent)
• Proficient in GD&T with the ability to interpret complex engineering drawings
• Experience with CMMs, portable arms, laser/structured-light scanners, and conventional precision instruments
• Strong troubleshooting skills
• Comfortable working on the production floor
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Experience working within regulated quality systems (ISO, AS, or customer-specific requirements)
• Ability to manage changing priorities

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with metrology, such as laser scanning or structured light measurement, CMMs, & scan arms
• Experience interfacing CMM data with manufacturing execution systems (MES) or statistical process control (SPC) software
• Experience in a Machine Shop
• Experience with design for manufacture and product development life cycle
• Experience with quality tools including root cause and corrective action, QMS and process auditing and statistical analysis of quality metrics
• Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience)

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Equity plan
• Discretionary results-based incentive bonus opportunities
• Paid vacation
• Paid sick time
• Company holidays
• Year-end shutdown
• Paid parental leave
• HMO and Premium PPO options
• Company-sponsored life insurance
• Short and long term disability coverage
• Reimbursement opportunities for learning and development initiatives

Before you apply

• Ability to lawfully access information and technology that is subject to US export controls
• Company participates in E-Verify

About the company

Divergent is a Tier 1 supplier to global automotive OEMs and supports leading U.S. aerospace and defense companies. Their integrated engineering and manufacturing platform transforms complex designs into production-ready solutions.