Career Opportunities

Micro is always seeking professional individuals who have the drive and ambition to produce quality work while helping clients to achieve their goals.

Our company mission is to provide top-level products and services on-time and on-budget. We realize our mission's success rests upon the passion and ability of our team. Micro's approach has always been to build from within by establishing a solid foundation of dedicated individuals through comprehensive training, employee benefits, and internal opportunities.

We offer very competitive compensation packages with overtime, paid vacation, paid holidays, medical, dental, 401K and more.

Please send resumes for employment to hr@microinst.com.

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Available Positions:

Tool Maker

Micro Instrument Corp provides a progressive and positive work environment. We value our employees and encourage both personal and career growth. Our advanced technology environment presents employees with challenging and satisfying work backed by our core values of hard work and respect in an inclusive environment of diverse, committed and highly accomplished people.

Job Location: Rochester, NY

Overview
We are seeking a skilled Tool Maker to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for constructing precision tools and tooling components to enable efficient manufacturing processes.

Primary Responsibilities:
- Studies specifications, such as blueprints, models, sketches, or tool description, and plans sequence of operations.
- Measures, marks and scribes or programs metal stock to lay out work pieces for machining.
- Sets up and operates machine tools, such as lathe, milling machine, and grinder, to machine parts to specifications, and verifies conformance of machined parts to specifications.
- Positions and secures parts on surface plate or worktable, using devices such as vises, V-blocks, and angle plates.
- Fits and assembles parts into assemblies or mechanisms, using hand tools.
- Verifies dimensions and alignment, using measuring instruments such as micrometers, height gages, gage blocks, and machine tools.
- Examines standard tools and modifies tools as required.
- Develops specifications from general descriptions and draws or sketches tool to be fabricated, using drafting tools or computer and software programs (if available).
- Trains workers in setup and operation of machine tools.
- May heat treat tools or parts.
- Communicates with co-workers and supervisor to receive instructions and coordinate activities.
- Inspects and measures parts.
- Adheres to corporate philosophies and procedures.
- Looks for improvements regarding all aspects of Manufacturing.
- Seeks support from Manufacturing Manager of Tooling, Foreperson or Job Leader when overburdened.

Secondary Responsibilities:

- Maintenance to machines and tools. Also may be appointed other maintenance duties in shop or on premises.
- Work with engineers to fabricate and implement changes in designs and details to make a successful product.
- Teaches and delegates work to apprentice Toolmakers.
- Coordinates purchasing of stock and purchased components.
- Debug support as required.
- Helps monitor employee’s actions to stay within company’s regulations and guidelines for Quality and Safety.

Job Qualifications:
Training and Experience: Ten +years of trade school, vocational education, work experience or apprenticeship.

- Proficiency in using precision measuring instruments such as micrometers and calipers
- Hands-on experience with CAM programming and AutoCAD
- Familiarity with hand tools and tooling techniques
- Ability to interpret schematics and shop math calculations

Specific Competencies:
- The employee is required to stand, walk, push, pull, reach overhead, and bend to the floor.
- Exert 20 to 50 lbs. of force occasionally, and/or exert 10 to 25 lbs. of force frequently and/or exert up to ten pounds of force constantly to move objects.
- Ability to handle changing priorities and multiple tasks.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Exercises good judgment.
- Ability to take direction.
- Ability to work independently.

Work Environment:

The employee is subject to high noise levels from operating machines, physical hazards from moving equipment and machine parts, breathing fumes, dust and mist. The employee’s skin may be exposed to oils and cutting fluids.

The employee may be required to follow other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties as requested subject to all applicable state and federal laws.

Visual Acuity: Near acuity and accommodation are required for reading precision measuring instruments and documents.

Hearing Acuity: Ability to monitor machine sounds to identify and diagnose changes in order to take appropriate action.

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Ask about our wonderful staff appreciation days and monthly group cook outs as well as other fun perks!

** No agencies please.

Job Type: Full-time

Starting Pay: $20.00 - $26.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

401(k)
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Health savings account
Life insurance
Paid time off
Tuition reimbursement
Vision insurance
Schedule:

8 hour shift
Day shift
Monday to Friday

Micro Instrument Corporation provides equal opportunity for everyone regardless of age, sex, color, race, creed national origin, religion, marital status, sexual orientation or disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions, with or without reasonable accommodation, or other legally protected categories.

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QA / QC Technician and Inspector

Quality Assurance / Quality Control Technician and Inspector


Micro Instrument Corp provides a progressive and positive work environment. We value our employees and encourage both personal and career growth. Our advanced technology environment presents employees with challenging and satisfying work backed by our core values of hard work and respect in an inclusive environment of diverse, committed and highly accomplished people.

Job Location: Rochester, NY

Quality Assurance Inspector Duties and Responsibilities:
• Follows general inspection guidelines to conduct critical non-routine visual, dimensional, mechanical, electrical test and functional inspection on a wide variety of components, assemblies, equipment, systems,
supplies and materials.
• Performs complex and critical inspection procedures, requiring special set-ups of new or unique equipment and interpretation of test data from a variety of sources.
• Conducts Receiving inspection of mechanical and electronic parts and assemblies.
• Performs in-process inspections.
• Conducts outbound inspection and audits of new and repaired products. Performs routine and non-routine tasks requiring the operation and application of metrology and calibration equipment.
• Maintains accurate and updated laboratory notebooks and data entry records.
• Maintains supply levels for performance of assigned duties.
• Assists with supplier evaluation and corrective action.
• Interfaces with members of the Mechanical Engineering, Planning/Materials, Production departments.
• Second shift hours might be required.


Qualifications & Skills
• Education A.A. degree, vocational certificate, or equivalent. CMM training highly desirable.
• Experience 3+ years of increasingly difficult inspection experience. GD&T experience required.
• Micro's quality plan is certified to meet the standards of ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D and our equipment is rigorously maintained and traceable to NIST standards.
• Experience in use of micrometers, calipers, bore gauges, microscopes, optical comparators, etc.
• Knowledge of a wide variety of inspection methods and equipment.
• Applies basic statistical techniques, including statistical process control and sampling plans as defined in ANSI Z1.4 and ANSI Z1.9, to assess the stability of various processes or reduce collected raw data.
• Working knowledge of sophisticated measuring equipment techniques such as coordinate measuring machine.
• Ability to perform complex shop mathematics.
• Attention to detail; able to successfully prioritize and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent organization and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to converse with all levels of employees and government officials.
• Must be a US Citizen or US Person as defined by ITAR.
• Excellent understanding of manufacturing processes.


Quality Assurance Laboratory Equipment:
• Zeiss 10166 Spectrum CMM: 39.4" x 63" x 23.6"
• Sheffield PortaRon Roundness Gage
• Brown & Sharpe Microval: 14" x 16" x 12"
• Vermont VP15 Comparator
• Rahn AA surface plate 48" x 60"
• Knowledge of IPC-A-610 and IPC-W7HMA-A-620A.
• Understand and interpret of engineering drawings and specifications..
Supervisory Responsibilities
• This position may be assigned supervisory responsibilities. An employee serving in this capacity may be asked by the manager to coordinate the activities of other department members in the quality assurance
laboratory and train others in proper procedures. The inspector is required to interact effectively in cross-functional teams dedicated to the resolution of issues in a timely manner.

Education, Training and/or Experience
• Associate’s degree (AA) or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school plus three years experience; or five to eight years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and
experience.

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements
• Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
• Must have excellent hand-eye coordination; be able to perform repetitive hand movements; have close, distance, color, depth and peripheral vision.

Ask about our wonderful staff appreciation days and monthly group cook outs as well as other fun perks!

** No agencies please.

Job Type: Full-time

Starting Pay: $20.00 - $26.00 per hour DOE

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

401(k)
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Health savings account
Life insurance
Paid time off
Tuition reimbursement
Vision insurance
Schedule:

8 hour shift
Day shift
Monday to Friday

Micro Instrument Corporation provides equal opportunity for everyone regardless of age, sex, color, race, creed national origin, religion, marital status, sexual orientation or disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions, with or without reasonable accommodation, or other legally protected categories.

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