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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Solutions Engineer, West Coast - **Company:** RAPTA INC - **Location:** Portland, OR, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Configuration Management, System Configuration, Python (Programming Language), Linux System Administration, Networking Basics, Systems Integration, Image Acquisition, Scripting, Process Control Systems - **Published:** August 24, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=db8b5d781ab34fa0 ## About the Role * 8+ years of professional experience in field applications, systems, or deployment engineering, with substantial hands-on time in manufacturing or industrial environments * Deep, practical machine vision experience - lighting, optics, camera selection, calibration, and image acquisition on a live production line * Strong troubleshooting instincts and the composure to solve problems on a customer's floor under production pressure * Excellence in technical communication - able to work credibly with plant operators, quality engineers, and program leadership alike * Willingness and ability to travel extensively (50%) to customer sites west of the Rockies. * Must be a U.S. citizen Required Technical Skills * Hands-on expertise deploying and integrating industrial vision or automation systems in a production environment * Proficiency integrating with industrial control systems - PLCs, machine controls, MES/ERP, and factory networks * Fluency operating in Linux environments - comfortable in the shell, reading logs, and reasoning about process, network, and filesystem behavior * Solid grasp of networking fundamentals for on-premises and air-gapped deployments * Scripting or configuration skills (Python or equivalent) for system setup, integration, and troubleshooting * Strong grasp of calibration, metrology, or dimensional inspection concepts ## Description We're seeking an experienced Senior Solutions Engineer to lead the west coast ramp of our vision-based AI systems in live manufacturing environments. This is a full-time, customer-facing role focused on post-sale delivery - owning the technical success of our customers. You'll work directly with our engineering and customer success teams, and the role carries extensive travel to customer facilities across the U.S., with a home base at our Lake Oswego headquarters. What You'll Do * Lead on-site training and solutions identification for Rapta vision robotic inspection cells. * Integrate with customer hardware, PLCs, machine controls, and MES/ERP systems. * Configure, tune, and validate AI inspection models against real customer parts and processes for accuracy and cycle-time in production * Serve as the technical point of contact through deployment, coordinating with engineering, and driving to production acceptance. * Train our customer operators, quality engineers, and plant staff so they can run and trust the system after handoff * Feed field learnings back to product and engineering, and build repeatable deployment runbooks and acceptance documentation ## Related Videos - [JavaScript? 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