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# Applications Engineer

- **Company:** Overview Corporation
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Salary:** $80,000.0 - $110,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Object Detection, Image Acquisition, Test Scripts, Deep Learning, Model Validation, Process Control Systems
- **Published:** September 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/applications-engineer-san-francisco-overview-corporation-10165874

## About the Role

* 1 to 3+ years in machine vision, computer vision, applications engineering, robotics, automation, manufacturing, or a related field.
 * Strong hands on grasp of machine vision fundamentals: cameras, lenses, optics, lighting, and image acquisition.
 * Familiarity with lens types and when to use them, including telecentric lenses.
 * Working understanding of AI based vision and how it differs from traditional rules based vision.
 * Familiarity with image labeling, model training, classification, object detection, and segmentation.
 * Strong troubleshooting instincts and a logical, experimental approach to technical problems.
 * Comfortable working hands on with hardware and testing approaches independently.
 * Able to document and communicate technical findings clearly.
 * Eager to learn new technologies quickly, including industrial automation and PLCs.
 * Based in San Francisco, working primarily from our office, with occasional travel to customer sites.

Strong Preferences

 * Experience with industrial machine vision systems in production.
 * Experience selecting or evaluating cameras, lenses, lighting, or optical components.
 * Hands on experience with AI or deep learning inspection systems.
 * Experience building proof of concept systems or running feasibility studies.
 * Exposure to PLCs, industrial controls, or manufacturing automation.
 * Experience working directly with manufacturing customers.

## Description

* Become a genuine machine vision expert: optics, lighting, sensors, and AI inspection, on real parts and real lines.
 * Own the experiment. You decide how to test it, you write the report, the finding changes the deployment.
 * Sit at the seam of lab research and customer reality, where most vision engineers only ever see one side.
 * Work directly with the most demanding manufacturers in the world, with Sales, Product, and Engineering a desk away.

WHAT YOU'LL OWN

 * Lab testing and experimentation: Hands on testing with cameras, lenses, lighting, and other machine vision components.
 * Vision setup builds: Build and evaluate vision configurations for customer applications and internal projects.
 * Technical test reports: Run application tests and turn out clear, fast technical reporting others can act on.
 * Technology evaluation: Assess new components and technologies and call whether they improve our systems.
 * Customer support in the field: Testing, troubleshooting, deployment, and technical problem solving for local customers.
 * AI vision workflow: Image collection, labeling, training, and model evaluation on AI based inspection systems.
 * Team enablement: Build the internal test setups, resources, and documentation the broader Applications team runs on.
 * Optical and hardware projects: Camera calibration, new optical configurations, and hardware evaluation.


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