Vision Engineer

Archer Recruitment; Cork; On-site; EUR 83,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Archer Recruitment is seeking a Vision Engineer to join a leading medical manufacturing company in Cork on an exciting in-house project to develop a new inspection system.

You will own the development of a reliable automated inspection process for highly polished femoral components, integrating Cognex VisionPro with PLCs and robotics in live production.

This role is hands-on, with ownership over the solution from ground up and collaboration with manufacturing and engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Cognex VisionPro.
• Automation experience within a production/manufacturing environment.
• Experience building bespoke or custom vision systems.
• Strong systems integration experience.
• Understanding of how manufacturing processes can influence vision applications.
• Practical, hands-on approach to solving engineering problems.

Responsibilities

• Developing bespoke Cognex VisionPro applications for automated inspection.
• Designing and building the in-house vision inspections system.
• Developing the solution around the manufacturing process and its potential variations.
• Integrating the vision system with PLCs, robotics, machinery and other automation equipment.
• Troubleshooting and optimising the system within a live production environment.
• Working closely with manufacturing and engineering teams throughout development.
• Supporting commissioning and bringing the inspections system into production.

Skills

Cognex VisionPro

Automation in manufacturing

Bespoke/custom vision systems

Systems integration

Manufacturing process influence on VI

Practical problem solving

Tools

PLC integration

Job description

Automation/VisionEngineer|€450–€500DayRate

• €450–€500dayrate
• Buildanin-houseinspectionsystem
• Bespokeautomationproject

WearerecruitingforaVisionEngineertojoinaleadingmedicalmanufacturingcompanyonanexcitingprojecttodevelopanewin-houseinspectionsystem.

Ownthedevelopmentofareliableautomatedinspectionprocessforhighlypolishedfemoralcomponents,wherereflections,surfacefinish,positioningandvariationsinthemanufacturingprocesscanallaffectwhatavisionsystemsees.

Thisisagenuineopportunitytobuildsomethingfromthegroundup.Ratherthansteppingintoanestablishedsystem.You’llbedevelopingthesolution,understandingthemanufacturingprocessbehinditandintegratingthetechnologyintoaliveproductionenvironment.

WhyYou’llLoveItHere

• You’llhavegenuineownershipoverthedevelopmentofanewin-houseinspectioncapability.
• Theprojectbringstogetherautomation,machinevisionandmanufacturingengineering,withplentyofscopetoinfluencehowthefinalsolutionisdesignedandimplemented.
• It’sarolewhereunderstandingtheprocessisjustasimportantasunderstandingthetechnology.Thewayacomponentismanufacturedcandirectlyaffecthowthevisionapplicationneedstowork,meaningyou’llbesolvingproblemsacrosstheproductionprocessratherthansimplyconfiguringsoftware.
• Forsomeonewhoenjoysbespokeengineeringchallenges,thisisanopportunitytotakeacomplexinspectionproblemandturnitintoaworkingproductionsolution.

WhatYou’llBeDoing

• DevelopingbespokeCognexVisionProapplicationsforautomatedinspection
• Designingandbuildingthein-housevisioninspectionsystem
• Developingthesolutionaroundthemanufacturingprocessanditspotentialvariations
• IntegratingthevisionsystemwithPLCs,robotics,machineryandotherautomationequipment
• Troubleshootingandoptimisingthesystemwithinaliveproductionenvironment
• Workingcloselywithmanufacturingandengineeringteamsthroughoutdevelopment
• Supportingcommissioningandbringingtheinspectionsystemintoproduction

WhatWe’reLookingFor

• Stronghands-onexperiencewithCognexVisionPro
• Automationexperiencewithinaproduction/manufacturingenvironment
• Experiencebuildingbespokeorcustomvisionsystems
• Strongsystemsintegrationexperience
• Anunderstandingofhowmanufacturingprocessescaninfluencevisionapplications
• Apractical,hands-onapproachtosolvingengineeringproblems