Industrial Vision Systems Engineer - Camera Optics & Calibration

Tristar AI; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Tristar AI is seeking an experienced Hardware Applications Engineer to design, configure, and deploy vision-system hardware for manufacturing use cases. You will calibrate cameras, lights, and optics on real-world lines and work with edge compute to deliver reliable image acquisition.

The role requires hands-on experience with industrial cameras and close collaboration with software, mechanical, and deployment teams across customer sites and Cambridge, MA offices.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in machine vision, optical engineering, imaging systems, or related field.
• Hands-on experience deploying and calibrating industrial camera systems in real environments.
• Strong knowledge of lenses, sensor selection, lighting, exposure, resolution, and image acquisition.
• Ability to diagnose image quality and calibration issues in production settings.
• Experience collaborating with software, mechanical, and field engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Define imaging requirements based on defect size, field of view, working distance, line speed, and production conditions.
• Select and configure industrial cameras, lenses, filters, lighting, and image acquisition hardware.
• Design and execute camera calibration and alignment procedures, including geometric calibration and multi-camera setups where needed.
• Evaluate image quality, coverage, distortion, focus, exposure, motion blur, and lighting consistency during testing and onsite deployment.
• Work with mechanical and deployment teams to specify camera and lighting positions and mounting requirements.
• Integrate cameras with edge compute hardware, triggers, encoders, and other production line equipment.
• Troubleshoot imaging issues in pilot and production environments and document repeatable setup and calibration procedures.
• Participate in customer site visits, installation, validation, and ongoing system improvements.

Skills

Machine vision

Optical engineering

Imaging systems

Camera calibration

Camera configuration

Tools

Basler cameras

FLIR cameras

NVIDIA GPUs

Edge computing

Job description

Tristar AI is seeking an experienced Hardware Applications Engineer to design, configure, and deploy vision-system hardware for manufacturing use cases. You will calibrate cameras, lights, and optics on real-world lines and work with edge compute to deliver reliable image acquisition.

The role requires hands-on experience with industrial cameras and close collaboration with software, mechanical, and deployment teams across customer sites and Cambridge, MA offices.