Senior Machine Vision & Automation Engineer (Hybrid)

MKS Instruments, Inc.; Andover (MA); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Life and disability insurance

13 paid holidays

15 paid vacation days

Parental leave

Job summary

MKS Instruments, Inc. is seeking a seasoned Automation Engineer specialized in machine vision to design and deploy high-precision inspection systems for manufacturing.

You will select cameras, optics, lighting, and integrate vision hardware to achieve reliable, repeatable inspection performance. Collaboration with automation teams across divisions will standardize architectures globally.

Qualifications

• BS degree in electrical engineering and/or computer science is required.
• Master’s degree in Computer Vision or Image Processing strongly preferred.
• 5+ years designing and implementing vision systems in an industrial manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement machine vision systems that identify, inspect, measure and evaluate high-precision parts and assemblies.
• Select and integrate industrial cameras, lenses, optics, lighting, and image acquisition hardware.
• Develop image processing and inspection applications using vision platforms and custom software tools.
• Support data collection, transformation and visualization for process monitoring and continuous improvement.

Skills

Machine vision

Image processing

OpenCV

Python

C++/C#

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science

Master’s degree in Computer Vision / Image Processing

Tools

Cognex VisionPro/In-Sight

Keyence XG-X

OpenCV

Job description

MKS Instruments, Inc. is seeking a seasoned Automation Engineer specialized in machine vision to design and deploy high-precision inspection systems for manufacturing.

You will select cameras, optics, lighting, and integrate vision hardware to achieve reliable, repeatable inspection performance. Collaboration with automation teams across divisions will standardize architectures globally.