Metrology Technician

Job Description

Position Title: Metrology Technician

Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract opportunity located in Redmond, WA.

Job Responsibilities:

• Set up, operate, and maintain precision CNC and manual machining equipment to achieve tight dimensional and form tolerances
• Perform in-process and final inspection using precision measurement tools including CMMs, profilometers, interferometers, and surface plate instruments
• Interpret and execute from engineering drawings, GD&T specifications, and verbal work orders
• Work closely with engineering teams to troubleshoot process challenges and optimize machining parameters
• Maintain documentation of setups, tool offsets, inspection results, and process variations
• Contribute to continuous improvement efforts in yield, cycle time, and process consistency
• Operate within strict cleanliness and contamination-control standards appropriate to optical-grade fabrication.
  
  
  

Job Qualifications:

• 3–5 years of hands-on precision machining experience in a production or R&D environment
• Strong mechanical aptitude with a solid grasp of machining fundamentals (speeds, feeds, tooling, fixturing, chip load, surface finish)
• Demonstrated metrology experience — proficient with precision measurement tools and comfortable holding micron-level tolerances
• Proven ability to machine to micron-class tolerances with repeatability and documentation.
  
  
  

Preferred Job Qualifications:

• Diamond turning or single-point diamond turning (SPDT) experience — particularly on freeform or rotationally symmetric optical surfaces
• Background in optical component fabrication (lenses, mirrors, windows, prisms, or similar)
• Experience operating Nanotech or Moore Nanotechnology ultra-precision lathes or grinders
• CNC programming proficiency — G-code authoring and/or CAM software (Mastercam, Fusion 360, or equivalent)
• Familiarity with interferometric surface measurement and wavefront error interpretation.
  
  
  

Job Details:

• Job Type: Contract
• Location: Redmond, WA.
• Pay Rate Range: $45-60/hr.
• Due to government contract requirements, this position is restricted to U.S. Citizens only.
  
  
  

Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO), and an administered 401k plan.

About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.