vision engineer

Do you have a strong interest in optics & vision technology and want to contribute to vision-inspired innovations?

At Demcon Focal, we are looking for enthusiastic vision engineers for our location in Enschede.

About Demcon

Demcon Focal is a high-tech development and engineering partner with a deep-rooted fascination for light, precision, and advanced imaging systems. We specialize in creating customized optomechatronic and vision systems, supporting our customers from the initial concept through to final assembly. By integrating optics/photonics, optomechanics and software into coherent and robust solutions, we enable technological progress in the most demanding applications. In doing so, we build on our extensive and fundamental knowledge of the properties of light.

What are you going to do?

You will be responsible for designing optics & vision systems, performing trade-off studies, for example cost-benefit analysis, accuracy and throughput, and develop algorithms for information extraction. You will be involved in the full life cycle of product development, and you will contribute to the verification and qualification of the created solution in our vision lab or on-site. You play an important role as a sparring partner for your colleagues in a strongly interactive, multidisciplinary environment.

Together with a project manager, you oversee and manage the process from quotation to implementation at the client's site. Typically, you take the role of domain specialist. You monitor technical progress, planning, and budget and take action where necessary. You ensure good communication with the client, cohesion within the project team, and internal coordination within Demcon.

Typical applications include, but are not limited to:

• Camera set-ups for product inspection
• Object recognition and tracking
• Vision probing systems for precision measurements of dimensions and distances, 3D coordinates, surface defects, or surface metrology
• Illumination set-ups for high-precision image acquisition, industrial lighting or computer vision applications
• Calibration strategies for precision measurements, e.g. dot patterns for MTF estimations
• Keywords: camera/sensor selection, computer vision, machine learning, artificial intelligence, illumination, image processing

What do you bring to the table?

• PhD or MSc in electronics, physics, computer science or other comparable qualification
• Minimum 2 years of working experience in either optical or vision engineering and signal processing, statistics
• Hands-on experience in vision applications using Halcon, Python, C#
• Conceptual ability, persuasiveness, courage to make decisions and you can think “out-of-the-box”

What do we offer you?

At Demcon, you’ll be working on technology that makes a real difference. In a relaxed organisation that encourages initiative and fosters a positive working relationship with motivated colleagues, you’ll help build solutions for both today and tomorrow. We genuinely care about you as a person and encourage job satisfaction and a healthy work-life balance.

You can also count on the following, amongst other things:

• A competitive salary between €42,000 and €60,000 per year (excluding 8% holiday pay), depending on your experience
• 8% holiday pay, with the option to have this paid out in May or monthly with your salary
• 25 days’ holiday and 6 ATV days based on full-time employment
• Option to purchase additional days
• Partial remote working arrangement: up to 2 days per week for full-time employees, always in consultation with your manager
• Training courses and programmes via the Demcon Academy for your personal and professional development
• A good pension scheme with Zwitserleven
• Travel allowance
• Bicycle scheme/bicycle lease scheme
• Wellness programme including fun sports clinics, workshops and a workplace health check
• Fresh fruit every week
• Opportunity to take part in sporting events
• Active staff association (monthly activities and an annual Demcon weekend)