Field Hardware Specialist

Polysense; Gent; Sur place; EUR 65 000 - 85 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Polysense in Gent is seeking a Field Hardware Specialist to design, prototype and deploy rugged camera hardware for food-industry vision systems. You will create hardware frameworks, select cameras and lighting, and translate concepts into working parts on the factory floor.

You’ll own projects end-to-end, collaborate with software, source components, and ensure builds are practical, maintainable and built to endure daily cleaning cycles.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of relevant experience in mechanical engineering, mechatronics or related field.
• Solid CAD skills with SolidWorks, AutoCAD or Fusion 360.
• Hands-on prototyping: machining, 3D printing, assembly and similar.

Responsabilités

• Design hardware frameworks to integrate vision systems into production environments.
• Build & integrate hardware, machining and electrical box assembly to meet food industry standards.
• Collaborate with software team to ensure hardware and vision system work together from day one.
• Own projects end-to-end while communicating progress, blockers and decisions.

Connaissances

Mechanical engineering

Mechatronics

CAD (SolidWorks/AutoCAD/Fusion 360)

Prototyping (machining/3D printing)

Outils

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

Fusion 360

Description du poste

Polysense builds computer vision systems that give food producers real-time insight into their production lines: catching defects, reducing waste and turning what's happening on the floor into decisions that actually matter. Customers like Agristo, Lotus Biscoff and La Lorraine are already running on it.

As a Field Hardware Specialist, you are the person who builds the physical world our vision systems live in. Camera rigs, lighting setups and mounting structures all need to survive a demanding food production environment (heat, moisture, cleaning cycles and all) while still delivering a perfect image every single time. You'll be the second dedicated hardware specialist at Polysense, joining an existing hardware track and helping it scale.

A great vision system is only as good as the hardware it's built on. You make sure ours holds up, on the factory floor, every day.

What you’ll be doing

Hardware design & prototyping

• Design hardware frameworks to integrate our vision systems into production environments that were never built with cameras in mind.
• Select camera configurations and lighting setups that hold up under real factory conditions, not just in a test rig.
• Translate concepts into 2D and 3D CAD blueprints, then bring them to life through prototyping. You go from sketch to working part yourself.

Key point:

This is where the system starts. If the hardware concept is wrong, nothing downstream works. You get it right from the first draft.

• Build & integration
• Get hands-on: machining, assembling and building electrical boxes to food industry standards.
• Partner closely with the software team so the hardware and the vision system work together from day one, not as an afterthought bolted on later.
• Own your projects end to end while staying connected with the team on progress, blockers and decisions.

Key point:

You're not handing off a design and waiting. You build it, test it and make sure it actually works on site.

• Sourcing & practical delivery
• Source materials and components and work directly with suppliers to get what you need, when you need it.
• Keep practicality front of mind: a beautiful design that can't be built, sourced or maintained on a factory floor isn't a solution.

Key point:

Good hardware engineering in this role isn't just clever. It has to be buildable, sourceable and rugged enough for daily use in a food plant.

What You BringBackground & Experience

• Plus 2 years of relevant experience in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics or a related field.
• Solid CAD skills: SolidWorks, AutoCAD or Fusion 360.
• Hands-on prototyping experience: machining, 3D printing, assembly and similar.

Skills & Mindset

• You thrive on turning blueprints into functioning frames. The gap between design and working hardware is where you do your best work.
• Independent and proactive: you're comfortable joining as the second dedicated hardware specialist at Polysense and helping the hardware function grow from here.
• Practical by nature: you weigh cost, sourcing and maintainability alongside the engineering, not after it.

Nice to have

• Experience building electrical boxes to food industry standards.
• Some welding skills, useful but not a core requirement.

What success looks like

• Hardware you've designed is running reliably on a customer's production floor, holding up to daily use and cleaning cycles
• Camera and lighting setups deliver consistent, high-quality images under real factory conditions, not just in the workshop
• Hardware and software integrate smoothly because you looped in the software team early, not at the end
• Sourcing and builds stay practical: on budget, on time and easy to maintain in the field
• You've strengthened what "good hardware" looks like at Polysense, building on what's already in place and pushing it further