Machine Vision Engineer: Real-World Factory AI

Overview; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Generous PTO

Job summary

Overview.ai in San Francisco designs AI-powered vision systems for manufacturing. This role blends hands-on lab work with live customer applications, driving real-world impact on production lines.

You’ll optimize cameras, lenses, and lighting for AI inspections, build proofs of concept, and troubleshoot deployments on customer sites. The work spans lab to factory floor, delivering tangible improvements in defect detection and yield.

Qualifications

• 1 to 3+ years in machine vision or related field.
• Strong hands-on grasp of machine vision fundamentals (cameras, optics, lighting).
• Experience with AI-based vision, labeling, and model training.
• Based in San Francisco, with office work and some travel.

Responsibilities

• Lab testing and experimentation with cameras, lenses, lighting, and other vision components.
• Vision setup builds for customer applications and internal projects.
• Prepare clear, fast technical reports from application tests.
• Evaluate new components and technologies to improve systems.
• Provide field support for local customers (testing, troubleshooting, deployment).
• Manage AI vision workflow: labeling, training, evaluation.

Skills

Machine vision

Image acquisition

Optics & lenses

AI-based inspection

Troubleshooting

Tools

Cameras

Lenses

Lighting

Industrial automation

Job description

Overview.ai in San Francisco designs AI-powered vision systems for manufacturing. This role blends hands-on lab work with live customer applications, driving real-world impact on production lines.

You’ll optimize cameras, lenses, and lighting for AI inspections, build proofs of concept, and troubleshoot deployments on customer sites. The work spans lab to factory floor, delivering tangible improvements in defect detection and yield.