Senior Architect, Computer Vision

Rockwell Automation

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Mayfield Heights, OHMilwaukee, WI
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18 days ago
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TL;DR · Senior Architect, Computer Vision

As a Senior Architect, Computer Vision, you will advance the Rockwell Vision Portfolio, specifically focusing on FactoryTalk Analytics VisionAI and expanding vision-language capabilities across the FactoryTalk suite. You will own model architecture, training, and deployment for vision and VLM workloads while maturing practices like dataset strategy, annotation pipelines, fine-tuning, quantization, and inference on edge hardware. The role involves building in an AI-first environment using coding agents and advanced evaluation gates to ensure reliability in industrial settings. You will utilize PyTorch or TensorFlow to develop models for quality inspection, defect classification, and robotic guidance. Key technical requirements include experience with NVIDIA Jetson, TensorRT, MLOps practices, and synthetic data generation. You must navigate complex Industrial Control System constraints, including on-premises inference and data residency, to solve practical manufacturing problems like OCR on production surfaces and safety monitoring.

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What you'll do

  • Own the model architecture, training, and deployment approach for vision and VLM workloads across the FactoryTalk portfolio.
  • Develop and manage dataset strategies, annotation pipelines, and model fine-tuning processes for industrial applications.
  • Optimize models for edge hardware using techniques like quantization, pruning, and distillation to meet real-time constraints.
  • Establish evaluation suites and release gates to monitor accuracy, drift, and failure modes in production environments.
  • Design systems that comply with OT security requirements, including on-premises inference and data residency protections.
  • Serve as a technical lead by reviewing designs, coaching engineers, and providing expertise on vision technologies.
  • Collaborate with Product Management to make investment decisions based on cost, latency, and accuracy trade-offs.
  • Represent the company's industrial vision perspective in customer engagements and external technical forums.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent years of relevant work experience.
  • Legal authorization to work in the US.
  • Minimum of 8 years of related experience (preferred).
  • Master's or PhD in Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a related discipline (preferred).
  • Experience training, evaluating, and deploying computer vision models for production use (preferred).
  • Hands-on experience with modern vision/vision-language model architectures and PyTorch or TensorFlow (preferred).
  • Experience with edge AI platforms, inference optimization, and Industrial Control Systems (preferred).
  • Experience with MLOps practices, synthetic data generation, or industrial vision applications (preferred).

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