Machine Vision Applications Engineer - Lab-to-Factory

Overview Corporation; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Overview.ai is seeking an Applications Engineer in San Francisco to split time between the lab and live customer applications, evaluating lenses, optimizing camera setups, and building proof-of-concept solutions for production lines.

You will drive hands-on testing, configuration builds, and technical reporting, partnering with Sales, Product, and Engineering to deploy AI-based inspection on real manufacturing lines.

Qualifications

• 1 to 3+ years in machine vision, computer vision, applications engineering, robotics, automation, or a related field.
• Strong hands on grasp of machine vision fundamentals: cameras, lenses, optics, lighting, and image acquisition.
• Familiarity with lens types and telecentric lenses.
• Working understanding of AI based vision and how it differs from traditional rules based vision.
• Familiarity with image labeling, model training, classification, object detection, and segmentation.
• Strong troubleshooting instincts and a logical, experimental approach to technical problems.
• Able to document and communicate technical findings clearly.
• Eager to learn new technologies quickly, including industrial automation and PLCs.

Responsibilities

• Lab testing and experimentation: Hands on testing with cameras, lenses, lighting, and other machine vision components.
• Vision setup builds: Build and evaluate vision configurations for customer applications and internal projects.
• Technical test reports: Run application tests and turn out clear, fast technical reporting others can act on.
• Technology evaluation: Assess new components and technologies and call whether they improve our systems.
• Customer support in the field: Testing, troubleshooting, deployment, and technical problem solving for local customers.
• AI vision workflow: Image collection, labeling, training, and model evaluation on AI based inspection systems.
• Team enablement: Build the internal test setups, resources, and documentation the broader Applications team runs on.
• Optical and hardware projects: Camera calibration, new optical configurations, and hardware evaluation.

Skills

Machine vision

Cameras & lenses

Optics & lighting

AI-based vision

Troubleshooting

Hardware testing

Documentation

Customer collaboration

Job description

Overview.ai is seeking an Applications Engineer in San Francisco to split time between the lab and live customer applications, evaluating lenses, optimizing camera setups, and building proof-of-concept solutions for production lines.

You will drive hands-on testing, configuration builds, and technical reporting, partnering with Sales, Product, and Engineering to deploy AI-based inspection on real manufacturing lines.