Optics Engineer

Reporting to

• Head of EPD Division

• Work as key link between cross functional teams to develop requirements and provide solutions for inline vision inspection systems
• Drive ramp of exciting new products by characterizing baseline vision performance and capability and improve performance as measured by product quality and tool availability
• Ensure manufacturing lines meet uptime, availability, and reliability metrics OEE, cycle time and quality, have the sense of urgency on resolution of production issues
• Develop best practices to improve vision system reliability e.g, process discipline, recipe version control, hard drive backup
• Vision software and algorithm development and data analysis using programming languages such as C++, C#, Python or HALCON
• Commissioning and calibrating vision systems
• Commissioning PLC and MES system integration
• Organize cross-functional design reviews and highlight body of work
• Collaboration with downstream and upstream process teams on vision system validation, data correlation and analysis
• Send quotation requests and manage vendor proposals
• Provide direction and mentorship to third party vendors and Jekson Internal machine building teams

Educational Qualification

• BS, MS, or PhD in Physics, Mechanical, Electrical, Computer Science or other Engineering discipline

Work Experience

• 4 - 8 Years, with at least 4 years experience in Machine Vision Systems and Automation Equipment

Required Skills

• Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals and ability to apply them towards manufacturing process development
• Knowledge in selection of cameras, lenses, optics, lighting, and other hardware for image capture and processing
• Knowledge of camera calibration, e.g. pinhole camera model, lens distortion, intrinsic and extrinsic camera parameters, multi-camera geometry, MTF of imaging system
• Experience of image processing e.g. image enhancement, thresholding, morphology, feature extraction, classification
• Familiarity with optical benches and capability of building testbed for component testing or proof-of-concept
• Strong analytical, mathematical, and statistical background and ability to understand and explain theory behind vision system algorithms
• Experience in high volume manufacturing
• Experience in other optical metrology sensors e.g., chromatic confocal, laser triangulation, UV/IR imaging