Job Description

Core Vision Intern

The Company:

Cognex is a global leader in the exciting and growing field of machine vision. Our employees proudly called Cognoids are passionate about solving the most difficult vision problems and get to work with others who take their work seriously but dont take themselves seriously. And our Work Hard Play Hard Move Fast culture recognizes achievement and dedication with unique rewards and celebrations. We are looking for creative bright motivated Cognoids who share our passion for excellence and want to make an impact at a dynamic global company. We celebrate our employees for their innovation perseverance and hard work in a fun rewarding and quirky environment. If you enjoy the sense of accomplishment that comes from working together to create products that solve tough problems for organizations around the world contact us to see how you can become part of our team!

The Team:

Vision Algorithms Advanced Vision Technology This position is in the Vision Algorithms Team of Advanced Vision Technology group which is responsible for designing and developing the most sophisticated machine vision tools in the world. We combine custom hardware specialized lighting optics and worldclass vision algorithms to create software systems that are used to analyze imagery (intensity color density Zdata ID barcodes etc. to detect identify and localize objects to make measurements to inspect for defects and to read encoded data. Technology development is critical to the overall business to expand areas of application improve performance discover new algorithms and to make use of new hardware and processing power. Engineers in this group typically have experience with image analysis machine vision or signal processing.

Job Summary:

The Vision Algorithms team is looking for wellrounded intelligent creative and motivated interns for the Summer and/or Fall with a strong passion for delivering impactful results!

You will work with our senior engineers and technical leads on projects that advance our software development infrastructure and enhance our key technologies and customer experience.

You will get mentorship on tackling technical challenges and opportunities to build a solid foundation for your career in Software Engineering or Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence. Essential Functions:

Prototype and develop Vision applications on top of Cognex products and technology.

Build internal tools or automated tests that can be used in software development or testing.

Understand our products and contribute to creating optimal solutions for customer applications in the automation and logistics industry.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

High energy and motivated learner. Creative motivated and looking to work hard for a fastmoving company.

Strong analytical and problemsolving skills.

Strong programming skills in both C/C and Python are required.

Solid understanding of machine learning (ML) fundamentals and experience with ML frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch required.

Demonstrated projects or internships in AI/ML domain during academic or professional tenure is highly desirable.

Experience with embedded systems Linux systems vision/imageprocessing and optics all valued.

Background in 2D vision 3D camera calibration & multi camera systems are preferred.

Minimum education and work experience required:

Pursuing a MS or Ph.D. from a top engineering school in EE CS or equivalent.

Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified

Additional Job Description

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cognex is an equal opportunity employer. Cognex evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race color religion gender national origin age sexual orientation gender identity or expression protected veteran status disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.