A method is provided for calibrating a non-contact sensor with respect to an external reference frame through the use of a robot associated with a manufacturing workstation. The method includes: identifying a target associated with the robot; capturing image data of the target by the non-contact sensor as the target is moved amongst six different measurement positions within a field of view of the non-contact sensor; capturing positional data for the robot as reported by the robot at the measurement positions, where the positional data for the robot is reported in the external reference frame; determining positional data for the target based in part on the image data, wherein the positional data is defined in a sensor reference frame associated with the non-contact sensor; and determining a transform between the sensor reference frame and the external reference frame based on the positional data for the target and the positional data for the robot.