Mach Industries
Senior Automation Engineer, Vision
$150K–$195K
Huntington Beach, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 1, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, Computer Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents, refugees, asylees, or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations. Employment may be conditioned on authorization to receive export-controlled software or technology without sponsorship for an export license.
About the job
Develops and standardizes machine vision systems for automated manufacturing, from lab proof of concept through production deployment and commissioning.
What you'll do
- Build and characterize 2D and 3D vision systems, including imaging, sensing, and edge-compute hardware.
- Create reusable vision architectures, software, and standards for production equipment and interfaces with machine controls.
- Partner with manufacturing and quality teams, and support integration, commissioning, troubleshooting, and production ramp.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline.
- 5+ years of experience developing machine vision, optical inspection, metrology, or automated manufacturing systems.
- Hands-on experience integrating industrial cameras, lenses, lighting, and vision hardware; experience developing and deploying 2D or 3D vision applications.
- Experience with edge-compute hardware selection, accelerated image processing, pipeline optimization, and integration with PLC-controlled or robotic equipment.
Nice to have
- Experience with industrial vision or 3D sensing platforms, or vision software such as OpenCV, HALCON, or Cognex VisionPro.
- Experience with ROS 2, Beckhoff TwinCAT, EtherCAT, or machine-learning-based visual inspection.
Pay
$150,000 — $195,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
CUDA, Beckhoff TwinCAT, Cognex, Keyence, Basler, Intel RealSense, ROS 2, OpenCV
AI focus
Machine vision for manufacturing inspection, measurement, localization, guidance, identification, process monitoring, and perception; machine learning or deep-learning-based inspection is preferred.
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