Machine Vision Engineer

3 weeks ago


Williamsport, United States First Quality Full time

First Quality was founded in 1989 and, in nearly three decades, has grown to be a global privately held company with over 4,000 employees. Its corporate offices are located in Great Neck, New York, with manufacturing facilities and offices in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Georgia, and Canada. First Quality is a diversified family of companies manufacturing consumer products ranging from Absorbent Hygiene (adult incontinence, feminine care, and baby care), Tissue (bath and towel), and Industrial (print and packaging materials), serving institutional and retail markets throughout the world. First Quality focuses on private label and branded product lines.


Our core business philosophy is built on a proud culture driven by safety and quality, respect, humility, integrity, customer focus, and teamwork. With leading edge manufacturing technologies and processes and visionary leadership, First Quality is positioned to continue significant growth in the coming years. We are looking for an experienced Machine Vision Engineer for our state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities located in McElhattan, PA.


This position is responsible for leading and implementing machine vision system design, changes, and best practices at assigned site and relative to product categories. These efforts include driving changes that align with all cross functional departments, best practice management, and productivity improvement efforts that ensure we are the highest quality, lowest cost producer in the market. In addition, will provide systems, methods, and trainings to ensure team members have the appropriate information, knowledge, and skills to deliver best in class machine vision capability to the marketplace.


Principal Accountabilities/ Responsibilities:

  • Works closely with technical leadership team to drive cross functional and divisional projects and solutions for their assigned category and division.
  • Drives efficiency improvement and scrap reduction efforts through the application of continuous improvement tools and system designs.
  • Provides design solutions and training for the effective implementation of center lining, pinning, and run to target processes using all available systems and resources.
  • Implements standards and design practices for vision system and quality inspection measurements that align with all other Absorbent Hygiene (AbHy) divisions of the company.
  • Drives and owns productivity projects and involves plant personnel to achieve targets across all departments.
  • Provides system design expertise, training, and guidance on machine vision systems including AccuSentry, Cognex, and other industry standard tools and inspection processes.
  • Delivers excellence in service and project coordination for machine vision systems within assigned division.
  • Plays a key role in partnering with cross functional teams to ensure raw materials and processes are meeting specifications and design parameters.
  • Ability to operate as an individual contributor and leader as needed based on business dynamics and facilitation needs.
  • Supports and promotes safe practices and environmental commitments in alignment with company commitments, policies, and compliance requirements.
  • Develops proposals, budgets, Capital Equipment Requests (CERs), and electronic requisition (ereq) recommendations as needed.
  • Develops, implements, and facilitates training programs in machine vision system processes.
  • Delivers machine vision system improvement objectives and content to meet business needs.
  • Facilitates and performs machine vision system training workshops.
  • Additional duties as required.


Education and experience requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering
  • Preferred 2 years of experience in a high-speed manufacturing environment and leading rapid continuous improvement.
  • AccuSentry and Cognex machine vision system experience preferred.
  • PLC and HMI programming experience preferred.
  • Black Belt/Six Sigma certification preferred.


Excellent compensation and benefits, which are effective the first day of employment


First Quality is committed to protecting information under the care of First Quality Enterprises commensurate with leading industry standards and applicable regulations. As such, First Quality provides at least annual training regarding data privacy and security to employees who, as a result of their role specifications, may come in to contact with sensitive data.


First Quality is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identification, or protected Veteran status



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