Senior Hardware Applications Engineer

Posted 13 days ago

cybercodersEast Boston (MA)

Computer Hardware Engineers Electronic Computer Manufacturing

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$140,000 to $170,000

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About the role

Senior Hardware Applications Engineer, Industrial Vision Systems

Location: Boston, MA | Hybrid, 3 Days Per Week Onsite

Relocation Assistance Available

Compensation: $140,000 to $170,000 Total Compensation, Including Base Salary and EquityWe're partnering with a venture-backed AI technology company building advanced computer vision systems for industrial environments. Its technology solves complex inspection and automation challenges for manufacturers operating at scale. They're seeking a Senior Hardware Applications Engineer to design and deploy the physical hardware systems required for reliable computer vision applications. This is a hands-on role for someone who has personally deployed industrial cameras and related hardware in real manufacturing environments. This is not a remote position. Candidates must be located in the Greater Boston area or willing to relocate and work at least three days onsite per week. Relocation assistance is available.

What You'll Do:

Design hardware configurations for industrial computer vision deployments
Assess manufacturing environments and identify operational, structural, and technical constraints
Select industrial cameras, lenses, lighting, mounting systems, GPUs, edge servers, and networking equipment
Develop solutions for camera mounts, enclosures, protective housings, and supporting hardware
Configure triggering, synchronization, encoders, networking, and edge computing systems
Test and validate hardware in pilot and production environments
Troubleshoot hardware, camera, alignment, networking, and system-performance issues
Create bills of materials, wiring diagrams, configuration documents, and installation procedures
Participate in customer site assessments, installations, commissioning, and production validation
Partner with computer vision, software, and deployment engineers

Required Experience:

5+ years of professional experience in machine vision, hardware engineering, industrial automation, or systems integration
Direct, hands-on experience deploying industrial cameras in manufacturing environments
Strong understanding of cameras, lenses, lighting, image acquisition, GPUs, and edge computing
Experience evaluating factors such as line speed, vibration, ambient lighting, available space, and mounting constraints
Experience designing or implementing mounts, enclosures, and physical hardware configurations
Ability to troubleshoot across hardware, networking, cameras, and industrial systems
Willingness to travel to customer manufacturing sites when required

Candidates whose experience is limited to academic projects, consumer cameras, theoretical optical work, or software-only computer vision will not be considered.

Nice to Have:

Experience with FLIR, Basler, Allied Vision, Teledyne, Cognex, or Keyence systemsPLC, encoder, sensor, robotics, or industrial network integrationNVIDIA GPUs and edge computing platforms
Automated inspection or defect-detection systems
High-speed manufacturing or production-line experience

Why Join?

Own technically challenging industrial deployments
Work with advanced AI and computer vision systems
Have a direct impact on customer implementations
Competitive compensation, equity, and relocation assistance
Join a well-funded company during an important stage of growth

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