Systems Application Engineer II (Vision & Digital Solutions)
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Job description
Technical Solutions Development and Support
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Provide vision, machine learning, and digitalization application support to internal teams, distributors, integrators, and customers.
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Support sales pursuits by delivering expert technical guidance that helps drive opportunities to close.
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Develop new system concepts by combining SICK technologies with complementary thirdparty solutions to create differentiated customer value.
Collaboration & Cross Functional Engagement
- Facilitate communication and cooperation between global SICK crossfunctional teams to leverage knowledge centers and collaboratively solve customer challenges.
- Participate in customer discovery sessions to uncover unmet needs and translate them into actionable solution requirements.
Customer & Project Support
- Support the creation and scoping of projects including acceptance criteria, inclusions, and exclusions, partnering with Customer Project Management (CPM) teams as needed.
- Test and validate system functionality and performance to ensure customer requirements are fully met.
- Deliver systems training to customers, integrators, distributors, and internal teams.
- Provide ongoing technical support and continuous improvement recommendations for deployed systems.
Marketing Insight & Strategic Contributions
- Capture recurring customer requirements to help define future market and product solutions that address common unmet needs.
- Contribute to competitive analysis and valueproposition development for both technologies and services.
Perform other duties as may be assigned or required by management.
Requirements
- Experience: 7+ years in industrial automation roles; 4+ years working with vision inspection systems and machine analytics.
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering is required.
- Certifications: None is required, + Demonstrated ability to translate complex customer problems into structured technical solution architectures, especially involving multisensor, vision, or machinelearningbased systems.
- Strong diagnostic and troubleshooting skills with the ability to quickly assess root causes and establish corrective action paths in live customer environments.
- Programming capabilities in PLC, MATLAB, C/C++, Helcon, Lua, Java is a plus.
- Proven experience designing or supporting endtoend vision inspection workflows, including lighting, optics, imaging algorithms, and environmental considerations.
- Ability to interpret and analyze large datasets or machine analytics outputs to support system tuning, optimization, and predictivemaintenance recommendations.
- Skilled at leading technical discussions with crossfunctional stakeholders, including engineering, sales, project management, and external integrators.
- Familiarity with system validation methodologies including FAT, SAT, proofofconcept testing, and structured test documentation.
- Strong ability to selfstart, learn quickly, and work independently in a fieldbased environment.
- Computer/Technological: Professional competence with Microsoft Office, SAP, and general internet applications.
- Language: Professional written and spoken fluency in English required.
- Schedule: Generally Monday to Friday, full time; be on-call on some weekends (if required).
- General Working Conditions: Be able to usually work in an office environment; flexible (hybrid) work arrangements available.
- Travel: Be able to travel up to 75% of the time, including internationally; must have a valid passport.
- Work Status: Legally permitted to work in the country you are applying and willing to undergo an employment background check.
Benefits & conditions
The base salary is one part of our Total Rewards package and is determined within a range. The starting base salary range for this position is listed below; the actual starting salary will be based on a variety of factors including experience, skill set, education, performance, licenses/certifications, business needs and other job-related factors, as permitted by law.
- Starting Base Annual Salary Range: $83,640 - $126,500
- Bonus Eligibility: This role is eligible for an annual bonus based on a combination of company and individual performance.