Application Engineer Visual Inspection

Opsio; Bengaluru; Presencial; INR 1.500.000 - 2.100.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Opsio seeks an Application Engineer to turn our visual inspection system into a production-ready solution on customer lines. You will lead the technical face of the project, designing camera, optics and lighting, and integrating the system with the line while ensuring reliable operation.

This hands-on, hardware-heavy role requires factory-floor work, on-site installation, and close collaboration with Sales, Quality and Automation teams to deliver robust defect-detection installations.

Formación

• Hands-on experience selecting and setting up industrial cameras (area scan and line scan).
• Solid understanding of optics and illumination techniques for defect detection.
• Experience with on-site commissioning and integration with manufacturing lines.
• Ability to explain technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsabilidades

• Own the technical side of a customer project from first visit to stable production.
• Design imaging setup: camera, optics, illumination, mounting and cabling for harsh environments.
• Install, commission and integrate systems on site with maintenance and automation teams.
• Train operators and hand over documentation.
• Provide second-line support when performance drifts and add new variants to installations.

Conocimientos

Machine vision hardware

On-site installation

Customer-facing

Camera setup & lighting

Diagnostics & troubleshooting

Educación

Bachelor's degree in EE/Mechatronics/Automation/CS

Herramientas

Halcon

Cognex VisionPro

MVTec

Matrox

Keyence

Descripción del empleo

Opsio is looking for an Application Engineer who turns our visual inspection system into a working solution on real production lines. You will be the technical face of the company towards manufacturing customers: you prove that our system can find their defects, you design the camera, optics and lighting setup, you integrate it with their line, and you stay with the system until it runs reliably in production.

This is a hands-on, hardware-heavy, customer-facing role. Expect to spend a large share of your time on factory floors, not at a desk.

About us

Opsio delivers automated visual inspection for manufacturing. Our system uses industrial cameras and AI-based image analysis to find surface and assembly defects on the production line scratches, dents, cracks, missing or misplaced components, contamination at line speed, so our customers ship fewer defective parts and spend less on manual inspection.

What you will do

You own the technical side of a customer project from first visit to stable production. Over a typical month that means:

Pre-sales: prove it works

• Visit prospects' factories with Sales to understand the part, the defects, the line speed and the cost of a missed defect versus a false reject.
• Run feasibility studies in our lab and on site: select camera, lens and lighting, capture sample images, configure the inspection and report clearly whether and how we can meet the customer's requirements.
• Build demos and proofs of concept, and define the technical scope, hardware bill of materials and integration effort that go into the quote.

Delivery: make it work on the line

• Design the complete imaging setup: camera type and resolution, optics, illumination, mounting, triggering, enclosures and cabling, suited to the environment (dust, oil, vibration, heat, washdown).
• Install and commission systems on site, together with the customer's maintenance and automation teams.
• Integrate with the production line: PLC signalling, reject mechanisms, encoders and triggers, MES/traceability and data export.
• Collect and label images, train and tune inspection models, set thresholds and validate against agreed acceptance criteria (escape rate, false reject rate, cycle time).
• Train operators and quality staff and hand over documentation.

After go-live: keep it working

• Act as second-line technical support when performance drifts (new material batch, lighting change, mechanical wear) and bring the system back to spec.
• Add new part variants and defect classes to running installations.
• Feed field experience back to Product and R&D: what customers ask for, what breaks, what takes too long.

Internally

• Maintain our reference designs, hardware recommendations and installation checklists so each project gets faster than the last.
• Support Sales with technical answers in tenders and RFQs.

What you need to bring

This role needs genuine breadth. You do not need to be the world's deepest expert in any single area, but you must be able to work independently across all of the following, on site, without a specialist behind you.

Machine vision hardware

• Hands-on experience selecting and setting up industrial cameras (area scan and line scan, GigE Vision / USB3 Vision, mono and colour), including resolution, frame rate and sensor trade-offs.
• Solid understanding of optics: focal length, working distance, field of view, depth of field, telecentric lenses, filters.
• Practical knowledge of illumination techniques for defect detection: bright field, dark field, diffuse/dome, backlight, structured light, strobing, and when to use each.
• Able to specify mounting, enclosures, cabling and IP-rated hardware for harsh industrial environments.
• Comfortable with 3D sensors, thermal cameras or hyperspectral imaging is a plus.

Solution and software

• At least 35 years in machine vision, inspection systems or industrial automation, with several systems commissioned in production.
• Understanding of image processing fundamentals and how AI/deep-learning inspection models are trained, evaluated and tuned (data quality, class balance, thresholds, false reject vs. escape trade-off).
• Able to run a structured feasibility study and write a clear report with a go / no-go recommendation.
• Scripting skills (Python preferred) for data handling, automation of tests and simple tooling.
• Familiarity with at least one machine vision software platform (e.g. Halcon, Cognex VisionPro, MVTec, Matrox, Keyence) is an advantage.

Industrial integration

• Working knowledge of PLC communication (Siemens, Rockwell, Beckhoff or similar) and industrial protocols: PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, Modbus TCP, OPC UA, digital I/O.
• Experience with conveyor timing, encoders, triggers, reject mechanisms and basic electrical installation on a production line.
• Understanding of manufacturing quality processes (SPC, PPAP/FAI, traceability) and how inspection data is used by quality and production teams.

Customer and communication

• Able to explain technical trade-offs to a plant manager, a quality engineer and a maintenance technician in language each of them understands.
• Clear written documentation in English; Hindi and/or Kannada is a strong advantage for work on Indian shop floors.
• Degree in electrical engineering, mechatronics, automation, physics, computer science or equivalent practical experience.

Travel and working conditions - please read before applying

We want to be upfront: this is a travelling role, and most of the real work happens at the customer's site.

• Travel is 50-70% of your time, across India, typically in trips of 2-10 days. Some installations and ramp-ups require several consecutive weeks on site.
• You will work on factory floors: standing for long periods, working around moving machinery, in noise, dust, oil or heat, wearing PPE.
• Commissioning follows the customer's production schedule. That sometimes means evening, night or weekend work during line stops, and occasional short-notice trips when a running system needs attention.
• You will carry, unpack and mount equipment yourself: cameras, lights, brackets, cables, industrial PCs.
• Between trips you work from our office and lab in Bangalore, preparing projects, running lab tests and documenting results.
• A valid driving licence is required.

If you enjoy being where things get made, solving problems with your hands and your head on the same day, and seeing a system you built go live, this will suit you. If you prefer a predictable office week, it will not.