Senior Industrial Machine Vision Engineer - Onsite

GCS Recruitment; Shakopee (MN); On-site; USD 83,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

CommScope in Shakopee, MN is seeking a Senior Machine Vision Engineer to lead the design, build, and commissioning of vision stations for a new fiber-optic connector production line. This is a hands-on, onsite role owning inspection stations from concept through production.

You will select cameras, lenses, lighting, and triggers, develop 2D/3D inspection software, and integrate vision results with PLCs, HMIs, and MES/SQL tools. 100% onsite, 12-month contract, $60-$80/hr.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on automation/manufacturing engineering experience.
• Strong recent experience with industrial machine vision.
• Experience personally selecting and configuring cameras, lenses, and lighting.
• Hands-on experience integrating vision systems with PLCs and automated equipment.
• Strong experience with Keyence or Cognex.
• Experience commissioning or troubleshooting vision systems in production.
• Strong understanding of image-processing fundamentals.
• Ability to work independently as the team's subject-matter expert.
• Strong communication, curiosity, and collaborative problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and build machine-vision inspection stations from the ground up.
• Select and configure industrial cameras, lenses, lighting, sensors, and triggers.
• Develop and tune 2D and 3D inspection and measurement applications.
• Work primarily with Keyence, with Cognex also highly relevant.
• Develop inspection logic using pattern matching, edge detection, blob analysis, OCR, and 2D code reading.
• Integrate vision results with PLCs, HMIs, and machine logic.
• Calibrate and validate vision systems for high uptime production.
• Troubleshoot camera, lighting, inspection, communication, and machine-integration issues.
• Connect inspection data to SCADA, MES, SQL, or Power BI.

Skills

Machine vision

Camera selection

LED lighting

PLC integration

2D/3D inspection

Pattern matching

Edge detection

OCR

Cognex/Keyence experience

Python/C#/C++

Tools

Keyence

Cognex

Allen-Bradley Studio 5000

Siemens TwinCAT

Beckhoff TwinCAT

Job description

CommScope in Shakopee, MN is seeking a Senior Machine Vision Engineer to lead the design, build, and commissioning of vision stations for a new fiber-optic connector production line. This is a hands-on, onsite role owning inspection stations from concept through production.

You will select cameras, lenses, lighting, and triggers, develop 2D/3D inspection software, and integrate vision results with PLCs, HMIs, and MES/SQL tools. 100% onsite, 12-month contract, $60-$80/hr.