Vision System / AOI Engineer

Your Job As a Vision System / AOI Engineer within the Global Operation Capability team, you will provide hands-on support for inspection automation at Molex sites worldwide. You will develop practical machine-vision approaches that reduce scrap, automate manual inspection, and enable robot guidance, primarily by applying commercially available equipment and systems. You will use your knowledge of optics, lighting, lenses, and inspection logic to propose solutions independently, including AI-enabled approaches for complex visual and appearance inspections.

Our Team The GOC Automation Task Force is based in Japan and works in alignment with Global Operations. The team supports urgent, business-critical automation projects at Molex sites worldwide, leveraging Japan’s ecosystem of high-quality equipment and component manufacturers and Molex Japan’s capabilities in precision machining and high-speed assembly.

What You Will Do

• Provide hands-on vision and AOI engineering support for inspection automation and equipment or system design at Molex sites in multiple countries.
• Introduce 100% inspection solutions to reduce scrap and automate inspection processes previously performed manually.
• Rapidly propose practical solutions using commercially available machine-vision equipment rather than developing detailed machine hardware or software in-house.
• Develop inspection methodologies from the optical-system level, including lighting design, lens selection, and inspection logic.
• Advance AI-enabled automation for visual and appearance inspections that have traditionally been difficult to automate.
• Apply vision-based position recognition to robot guidance, including part-orientation detection and robot-position control.
• When applicable, create 3D CAD drawings of inspection equipment and related components.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience planning and implementing automated vision-inspection systems, including launching equipment using commercially available machine-vision solutions.
• Ability to develop inspection methodologies and design vision-inspection solutions from the optical-system level, including lighting design and lens selection.
• Native-level or upper business-level Japanese proficiency.
• Business-level English proficiency.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience using vision-inspection systems from three or more manufacturers.
• Hands-on experience automating manual inspection processes.
• Experience developing vision systems for robot guidance or positioning.
• Knowledge of and practical experience with AI-based image analysis.
• Experience designing or drafting hardware using 3D CAD.
• Upper business-level English proficiency.
• Proficiency in Chinese, Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese, or another relevant language.

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