Manager - 3D Scanning & Metrology

Travel

The Opportunity

3D Scanning & Metrology Field Operations Manager

Field Deployment & Site Operations

• Plan, coordinate, and lead field deployments for industrial part scanning and validation projects.
• Organize site logistics, equipment readiness, deployment schedules, access requirements, and team allocation.
• Ensure field teams are prepared to operate safely, efficiently, and consistently across customer sites.
• Build repeatable deployment playbooks for different customer environments, part types, and project scopes.
• Manage operational capacity as activity levels increase.

3D Scanning, Metrology & Digital Capture

• Oversee the execution of 3D scanning and metrology workflows, including technologies such as:
• GOM / ZEISS optical scanning
• Laser scanning
• Structured light scanning
• Portable metrology systems
• Point cloud capture and inspection workflows
• Ensure scan data is accurate, repeatable, traceable, and suitable for downstream engineering use.
• Work with technical teams to define best-practice approaches for scanning different part geometries, materials, finishes, and field conditions.
• Help standardize scanning methodologies, inspection routines, and data capture protocols.

Reverse Engineering & Part Validation Workflows

• Own the operational process from physical part intake or site capture through to validated digital output.
• Coordinate workflows involving:
• 3D scan data
• Point cloud processing
• Scan-to-CAD / reverse engineering
• Dimensional validation
• Hardness testing
• Part property verification
• Supporting documentation and traceability
• Ensure physical part data is captured in a way that supports engineering, qualification, and digital inventory readiness.
• Work closely with engineering and production teams to ensure field outputs are fit for purpose.

DNV-RP-B205 Compliance & Quality Systems

• Ensure operations are aligned with

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• and relevant internal quality requirements.
• Build and maintain robust SOPs, checklists, QA/QC controls, calibration routines, and documentation standards.
• Ensure each deployment produces the required evidence, traceability, and quality records.
• Embed a culture of compliance, repeatability, and technical discipline across the team.
• Identify gaps in current processes and implement improvements before scale exposes them.

Throughput, Speed & Process Improvement

• Identify bottlenecks across hardware setup, scanning, validation, data handling, software workflows, documentation, and deployment logistics.
• Drive measurable improvements in:
• Deployment setup time
• Parts scanned per day / week
• First-time-right capture quality
• Rework rates
• Equipment utilization
• End-to-end cycle time
• Work with software, engineering, and product teams to improve tools, workflows, automation, and reporting.
• Build operational dashboards and KPIs to manage performance and scale.

Team Building, Training & Scale-Up

• Hire, train, and lead a growing team of scanning technicians, metrology specialists, field operators, and technical support staff.
• Build structured onboarding and training programs for scanning, inspection, validation, documentation, and compliance workflows.
• Create competency matrices and certification pathways for field team members.
• Develop team leads and supervisors who can support multi-site operations.
• Build the team structure required for a rapid increase in operational activity.

What We’re Looking For

Core Requirements

• Experience leading operations in one or more of the following areas:
• 3D scanning
• Industrial metrology
• Reverse engineering
• Field inspection
• Digital twin / reality capture
• Industrial part validation
• Hardware-based technical field services
• Strong understanding of 3D scanning or metrology workflows, including point cloud capture, dimensional inspection, and data quality requirements.
• Experience managing technical teams such as scanning technicians, metrology engineers, field engineers, inspectors, or application engineers.
• Proven ability to build SOPs, QA/QC processes, training programs, and operational controls.
• Experience operating in compliance-driven environments with strong documentation and traceability requirements.
• Ability to manage site deployments, logistics, scheduling, equipment readiness, and operational capacity.
• Track record of improving throughput, speed, quality, or efficiency in a technical operations environment.
• Comfortable working in a fast-scaling environment where processes are still being built and improved.

Highly Relevant Backgrounds

• This role may suit candidates from:
• 3D scanning service providers
• Metrology and dimensional inspection companies
• Reverse engineering firms
• Industrial inspection and testing businesses
• Digital twin / reality capture companies
• Oil & gas, energy, maritime, or asset integrity environments
• Advanced manufacturing or additive manufacturing operations
• Hardware deployment businesses involving scanning, imaging, LiDAR, robotics, or inspection technologies
• TIC companies such as testing, inspection, certification, or quality assurance providers

Relevant Tools & Technical Exposure

• GOM / ZEISS Inspect

• ATOS scanning systems
• FARO, Creaform, Hexagon, Leica, Trimble, or similar scanning/metrology platforms

• Geomagic Design X / Control X

• PolyWorks
• CAD and reverse engineering workflows
• Point cloud processing
• CMM or portable arm inspection
• Hardness testing and material/property validation
• Calibration and measurement traceability systems

What Great Looks Like

• You may be a strong fit if you have:
• Scaled scanning, inspection, or metrology operations from a small team into a repeatable operating model.
• Led field teams working across industrial sites or customer facilities.
• Improved scanning throughput, reduced rework, or shortened inspection / validation cycle times.
• Built training programs for technicians or field engineers.
• Created SOPs, deployment checklists, quality controls, and documentation packs.
• Worked closely with engineering teams to improve the handover from physical capture to digital output.
• Operated in a regulated or standards-driven environment where traceability and evidence matter.
• Balanced technical accuracy with the commercial need for speed, scalability, and operational discipline.

What This Role Is Not

• This role is not:
• A back-office data processing role.
• A generic operations manager position.
• A pure software or analytics role.
• A lab-only inspection role with no field deployment component.
• A purely strategic role with no hands-on operational ownership.
• This is a practical, technical, field-based leadership role for someone who can build and scale a critical operational function.

Why Join Immensa

• This is an opportunity to lead a mission-critical function at a defining stage of Immensa’s growth.
• You will help build the operating system behind industrial parts digitization: the teams, tools, processes, and standards that allow physical spare parts to become validated digital assets ready for future manufacturing.
• You will have high ownership, direct impact, and the opportunity to shape how this function scales across customers, geographies, and industrial sectors.