Application Engineer, Taichung

# **About** [**<Overview.ai>**](http://Overview.ai)

[<Overview.ai>](http://Overview.ai) is bringing the cutting edge of **AI computer vision** to manufacturing—solving inspection problems that were previously not solvable with traditional machine vision. We’re a **full-stack** company: we deploy GPU-powered cameras on production lines, run inference on the edge, and operate a platform that supports large fleets of devices deployed across the world.

We’re growing extremely fast. Our customers love the product because it **works**—high accuracy, fast deployment, and an operator-friendly experience that makes real factory rollouts possible (not just pilots).

This role is for a **mechanically strong systems integrator**: someone who can look at a machine design and immediately see what will work, what will fail, and what will create headaches six months later. You will own the **mechanical integration** of our camera + lens + lighting into automation machines, review CAD, guide machine builders, and ensure deployments are robust, serviceable, and scalable.

You are still an [<Overview.ai>](http://Overview.ai) applications engineer—meaning you’ll be on-site, you’ll solve real production problems, and you’ll make sure the system delivers value every day.

# **Why this role is exciting**

• **You influence real machine design:** You’re not “installing hardware.” You’re shaping how machines are built so AI inspection works reliably for years.
• **High leverage engineering:** A great integration decision can prevent months of field issues—vibration, misalignment, access problems, cable failures, contamination, poor serviceability.
• **Work at the frontier:** Integrating edge AI cameras into high-speed automation is still new. You’ll help set the standard.
• **Talent density + fast feedback loops:** You’ll work with world-class AI, embedded, firmware, and product teams—and your field learnings directly change the product and deployment playbooks.
• **High travel + high autonomy:** You’ll be trusted to represent [<Overview.ai>](http://Overview.ai) at customer sites and with machine builders.

# **What you’ll own**
## **Mechanical integration**

• Own the mechanical integration of **camera + lens + lighting** into customer automation machines:
• mounting design, stability, alignment, adjustability, service access, environmental protection, cable routing/strain relief
• Review machine builder **CAD** (2D/3D) and sign off on designs that meet [<Overview.ai>](http://Overview.ai) integration standards.
• Provide direct, practical feedback to machine builders to improve designs before metal is cut:
• reduce vibration sensitivity, protect optics, ensure repeatable alignment, avoid thermal drift, improve maintainability
• Specify integration requirements and best practices:
• mounting interfaces, bracket designs, tolerances, datum strategy, access clearances, protective enclosures, contamination management
• Anticipate long-term failure modes and design them out:
• loosening fasteners, wear points, cable fatigue, lens contamination, shock/vibration, misalignment, fixture flex
• Own commissioning readiness: ensure mechanical design supports stable triggering, repeatable imaging, and rapid service.

## **Field applications engineering (production outcomes)**

• Support new line deployments and maintain/optimize systems already installed at customer sites.
• Diagnose issues that look “AI” but are actually mechanical/system integration problems:
• intermittent image quality, drift over time, vibration blur, occlusion, part presentation variability, contamination
• Train customer teams and machine builders on integration best practices and basic troubleshooting.
• Document field learnings and turn them into repeatable standards, checklists, and reference designs.

# **Who you are**
## **Required**

• Strong mechanical/systems integration background in automation equipment or industrial machines
• Ability to read and review **machine design CAD** and provide actionable design feedback (SolidWorks/Creo/AutoCAD or similar)
• Experience integrating components into machines with attention to:
• tolerances, alignment, vibration, serviceability, cabling, environmental protection, repeatability
• Comfort in factory environments: commissioning, troubleshooting, and working hands-on
• **Mandarin fluency** (native or near-native)
• **Working English** for technical collaboration with global teams
• High ownership mindset: you take problems personally and drive them to closure

## **Strong preferences**

• Experience with high-volume manufacturing lines (electronics, automotive, connectors, battery, packaging, assembly)
• Experience working with machine builders/integrators and managing design iteration loops
• Comfort partnering with controls engineers on timing/triggering and line sequencing constraints

# **Why** [**<Overview.ai>**](http://Overview.ai) **(why top candidates join)**

• **Extreme growth + real-world impact:** We’re not building demos. We’re deploying AI systems on real production lines, at scale.
• **Talent density:** You’ll work with world-class engineers and operators across AI, embedded systems, and enterprise deployment.
• **Front-row seat to the AI manufacturing wave:** This is one of the biggest transformations happening in industry right now.
• **Ownership:** In this role, your work directly changes the trajectory of the company. Great hiring = winning.
• **Global exposure:** You’ll recruit for roles that touch the most advanced customers and factories in the world.