The current study developed a compact and high-speed stylus-profiling head with overall dimensions of $34.3{ imes}32.5{ imes}33.7mm^3$. A simple linear flexure leaf spring was used as a precision guide method for the profiling head along a vertical axis and for the assembly of an infrared light-emitting diode. A position-sensitive photo-diode was used for as a simple sensing method. The static and dynamic forces, which can be controlled electronically using a vertical solenoid, were in the range of $10^{-2}N$ to $10^{-5}N$. Displacement was in the range of 80 nm to $87.2{mu}m$, making it adequate for the precise surface measurements of hard materials. The sensor resolution was less than 10 nm. The designed profiling head had a moving mass of 1 mg and speed within 100 Hz.