Senior Machine Vision Engineer - C++ & OpenCV

6AM City, LLC; California (MO); On-site; USD 130,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Actalent is seeking a Software Vision Engineer in Poway, CA to design, develop, and deploy machine vision software for automated manufacturing. You will build robust image processing algorithms in C++ using OpenCV, integrate cameras and lighting, and lead vision-focused projects across cross-functional teams.

You will calibrate, test, and validate full vision systems, mentor junior engineers, and push continuous improvements while delivering high-quality software on a fully onsite environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on machine vision or image processing experience in inspection, alignment, measurement, and defect detection.
• Strong C++ software development experience for production environments.
• Experience with OpenCV or similar libraries and vision tools.
• Experience integrating cameras, lighting, and vision hardware into automated equipment.
• Ability to lead technical workstreams and mentor junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy machine vision software for inspection, alignment, measurement, and defect detection in automated equipment.
• Implement, optimize, and maintain image processing algorithms using C++ and OpenCV.
• Integrate industrial cameras, lenses, lighting, lasers, and other vision hardware into automated platforms.
• Calibrate cameras and vision systems, tune optics and imaging parameters.
• Test and validate complete vision systems including software and hardware.
• Troubleshoot deployed vision systems and perform root cause analysis.
• Drive continuous improvement of existing vision solutions by analyzing performance and bottlenecks.
• Collaborate with software, mechanical, electrical, and manufacturing teams on requirements and integration.
• Provide technical leadership and guide project delivery timelines.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote best coding practices with Git.

Skills

Machine vision

C++ development

OpenCV

Image processing

Camera integration

Root cause analysis

Leadership

Git

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

OpenCV

Git

Job description

Actalent is seeking a Software Vision Engineer in Poway, CA to design, develop, and deploy machine vision software for automated manufacturing. You will build robust image processing algorithms in C++ using OpenCV, integrate cameras and lighting, and lead vision-focused projects across cross-functional teams.

You will calibrate, test, and validate full vision systems, mentor junior engineers, and push continuous improvements while delivering high-quality software on a fully onsite environment.