Seeking an Automated Optical Inspection Engineer for a high growth chemical engineering and manufacturing company in the Piscataway, NJ area.
The AOI Engineer would be responsible for programming, operating, and maintaining automated optical inspection equipment to detect defects in our products and intermediates. Your daily tasks include analyzing inspection results, optimizing detection parameters, collaborating with process engineers and production staff, and troubleshooting technical issues to minimize false positives and negatives.
Full W-2 benefits including a performance related bonus available! APPLY NOW!
location: Piscataway, New Jersey
job type: Permanent
salary: $100,000 - 125,000 per year
work hours: 9am to 5pm
education: Bachelors
responsibilities:
- System Development & Deployment: Develop, deploy, and maintain AOI systems from concept through manufacturing transfer, ensuring they meet quality and production requirements.
- Programming & Maintenance: Program and operate AOI machines to detect defects such as misaligned components, surface finish flaws, dimensional (3D) defects, and other quality concerns.
- Optimization: Adjust inspection parameters to improve accuracy, reduce false positives/negatives, and enhance throughput.
- Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve technical issues with AOI equipment to minimize downtime.
- Collaboration: Work closely with process engineers, quality assurance teams, and manufacturing staff to improve inspection strategies and overall quality control. Collaborate with Product Management and R&D to develop defect libraries for new products and integrate them into new and existing production equipment.
- Preventive Maintenance: Perform routine maintenance and preventive checks on inspection machines, defining calibration protocols and attribute gage R&R to verify AOI reliability.
- Customization: Design or modify inspection programs and custom fixtures to support specific production needs. Translate defect catalogs into AOI protocols in close collaboration with the QA team.
- Reporting: Prepare inspection results and reports for quality and production teams.
- Continuous Improvement: Support initiatives to improve yield, reduce costs, and enhance delivery performance.
qualifications:
-Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
-Experience: 5+ years in AOI or related inspection roles, preferably in electronics manufacturing. Prior direct employment or experience working with vision inspection technology partners (such as Keyence, Cognex, Apera, Matrox Imaging, Halcon, OpenCV, etc.) is favorable.
-Technical Skills: Proficiency in AOI systems and programming, image processing software, machine vision technologies, inspection equipment operation, and quality control methodologies. Robotics automation, controls/IoT integration, and documentation experience are highly beneficial.
-Soft Skills: Strong problem-solving abilities, attention to detail, teamwork, and effective communication.
-Mobility: Ability to travel internationally to various manufacturing and R&D facilities up to 25%.
skills:
Automated Optical Inspection,continuous improvement,manufacturing,Machine Design,quality control,quality assurance,System Controls,troubleshooting technical issues,prepare reports
Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.
At Randstad, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.
Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
