Industrial Computer Vision Engineer - Edge AI for Manufacturing

Kraft Heinz; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

7% 401(k) matching

Wellness benefits

BRGs for diversity & inclusion

Total rewards with discretionary bonus

Job summary

Kraft Heinz is seeking a Staff Computer Vision Engineer for a hybrid role at our Chicago headquarters. You will lead design, development, and scaling of advanced computer vision and edge AI across manufacturing and supply chain, collaborating with multiple teams to deliver production-grade, measurable business value.

You will deploy CV/ML solutions, mentor technical staff, and drive architecture while solving complex industrial challenges across hardware, software, and cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in a relevant technical field or equivalent experience.
• Experience in computer vision, ML, robotics, or industrial automation.
• Proven track record leading complex projects with business impact.
• Deep expertise in computer vision, deep learning, and ML methods.
• Advanced proficiency in Python for production-grade solutions.
• Strong Linux development and admin skills, incl. SSH and troubleshooting.
• Hands-on Docker image building and deploying containers to edge/production.
• Experience deploying AI/ML in production with cloud (Azure/AWS/GCP).
• Experience integrating hardware, networking, IoT, and software into end-to-end systems.
• Clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, train, evaluate, and deploy computer vision models for manufacturing.
• Develop solutions involving object detection, segmentation, OCR, anomaly detection, tracking.
• Define model performance measures and business-focused success criteria for plant ops.
• Design data, experiment, and validation methodologies for production environments.
• Design complete machine vision solutions with cameras, sensors, illumination, edge computing.
• Select imaging hardware based on field of view, resolution, and production needs.
• Deploy ML and computer vision workloads to edge computing platforms.
• Build, optimize, and maintain Docker images and containerized deployment workflows.
• Deploy and support applications on Linux-based systems and NVIDIA Jetson with JetPack.
• Develop production-grade software using Python and frameworks like PyTorch, OpenCV, Pylon, GenICam.

Skills

Python

Linux

Docker

Machine learning

Computer vision

Communication

Education

Master's or PhD in CS/Engineering/Data Science/Robotics

Tools

NVIDIA Jetson

OpenCV

PyTorch

GenICam

Pylon

JetPack

Job description

Kraft Heinz is seeking a Staff Computer Vision Engineer for a hybrid role at our Chicago headquarters. You will lead design, development, and scaling of advanced computer vision and edge AI across manufacturing and supply chain, collaborating with multiple teams to deliver production-grade, measurable business value.

You will deploy CV/ML solutions, mentor technical staff, and drive architecture while solving complex industrial challenges across hardware, software, and cloud environments.