Title: Optical Measurements Systems Engineer
Location: Painted Post, NY
Duration: 12 Months
Only W2 candidates are eligible for this position. Third-party or C2C candidates will not be considered.
Description:
Scope of Position:
An engineering position in the Client Environmental Technologies (CET) Division Engineering Measurements & Controls group that includes development, assembly, testing and deployment of optical and computer vision-based measurement systems in support of the metrology, inspection and testing of Client CET products. Work as part of a team to manage the transfer of technology from development to manufacturing.
Day to Day Responsibilities:
- Work with a variety of cross functional groups (Development, Quality, IT, Purchasing, Operations) to define, develop and implement optical and computer vision-based measurement and instrumentation systems.
- Transfer technology from early-stage development to a product suitable for use in manufacturing.
- Leverage external suppliers for key technologies or core competencies such as system integration.
- Define Scopes of Work, competitively quote when appropriate, issue Purchase Orders, track supplier work and approve invoices.
- Design experiments and analyze data to identify and implement improvements to measurement systems or production processes.
- Create/update documentation for release to production including Machine Specifications, operating procedures and drawing packages.
- Train engineering, maintenance and operations people how to use and maintain measurement systems.
- Provide remote and onsite troubleshooting using data and performance analysis of the installed systems.
Required Education & Experience:
- BS or MS in Optics, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering, with 3+ years of hands-on experience with machine vision and metrology equipment;
or PhD in one of these fields. - Training or hands-on experience with vision systems is required.
Required Experience/Skills:
- Optical measurements system development (optics, lighting, cameras, image acquisition, image analysis, laser, 3D measurement)
- Fundamental knowledge of physical optics (principles of optics)
- Knowledge of image processing algorithms (blob analysis, edge finding, morphology, feature extraction, classification, metrology)
- Microsoft Visual Studio programming (C# and Python strongly preferred)
- Systems Engineering and integration
- Digital Signal Processing
- Experience with electrical/optical/mechanical installations, including system checkout and troubleshooting
- Strong communication and presentation skills (MS Office programs)
- Data retrieval, plotting and analysis (primarily using Microsoft Excel)
Desired Experience/Skills:
- Experience with image processing development packages such as Halcon, Matrox Inspector, NI Vision, Cognex, Keyence, or Matlab image processing toolbox
- Control systems (PLCs)
- Process engineering knowledge.
- Experienced with design of experiments, statistical analysis and process improvement
- Experience with Metrology, Inspection and Product Quality in support of manufacturing
- Motion Control – ability to integrate motion on imaging platforms
- Computing – Familiar with high performance computing systems
- 3D Transformation, Topography, and Registration – Experience with 3D transformations and processing of topography data (height maps, point clouds, and surface meshes).
- Ability to develop software to align and register multiple 3D surface datasets, quantify alignment error, perform surface comparison, and support automated 3D metrology and inspection.
- Machine Learning and Deep Learning – Familiar with machine learning and deep learning theory.
- Designed and deployed machine learning and deep learning models.