Electrical Engineer

Antares Vision Group – Rigid Containers

Are you passionate about developing innovative technologies that help ensure the quality, safety, and integrity of products used every day around the world? Antares Vision Group – Rigid Containers, formerly known as Applied Vision, is a global leader in high-speed machine vision inspection systems for metal and glass containers used in the food, beverage, and consumer products industries. Our solutions combine advanced optics, automation, image processing, artificial intelligence, and manufacturing expertise to help customers improve product quality, operational efficiency, and consumer safety.

As part of Crane NXT's Detection & Traceability Technologies (DTT) segment, Antares Vision Group brings together industry-leading inspection, traceability, authentication, and brand protection capabilities to help customers address increasingly complex quality and supply chain challenges. This combination creates unique opportunities for innovation, career growth, and collaboration across a global portfolio of technology businesses focused on protecting products, brands, and consumers.

At our Akron, Ohio operation, employees work at the intersection of machine vision, software, automation, manufacturing, and field service to develop solutions that inspect products at full production speed. Joining our team means becoming part of a company with deep technical expertise, a global customer footprint, and the resources and career opportunities of a growing technology organization.

Job Title

The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated electronics person who has a passion for innovative technology. They will be responsible for designing and implementing electrical devices into systems. They should be able to make quality assurance checks in order to keep the product standard high. This position reports to the Electrical Engineering Manager and is headquartered in Akron, OH.

Primary Purpose of Position

Design and develop electronics and electrical devices for the inspection of food and beverage containers. This person is involved with all aspects of the development cycle, from ideation to commercialization.

In This Position, You Will:

• Join a team of Electrical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Imaging Scientists and Software Developers supporting vision inspection systems for metal and glass containers
• Support teams working on R&D, New Product Development and Sustaining projects.
• Visit customer sites to promote the proper use of inspection systems and assist with customer feedback activities.
• Grow into a subject matter expert on Antares Vision Systems and their end-use application.
• Use your technical skills to impact daily operations and sales
• Use your technical skills and product knowledge to support team members across the organization including Operations, Purchasing, Software, Sales and Field Service.
• Assist in commercialization of new technology to the company and to the container inspection industry.
• Travel domestically and internationally (Up to 10%)

Essential Function and Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of electronic design files including schematics, PCB layout and BOMs
• Design, Prototype and Test circuit board assemblies
• Support 2-12 layer PCBs with board frequencies up to 500MHz.
• Working knowledge of AC and DC systems
• Support the Mechanical Engineering team designing industrial wiring cabinets that need to survive in harsh environments with a long service life
• Support component obsolescence replacement or design modifications
• Design electro-mechanical assemblies that are required to have a service life or 5+ years running nearly 24/7/365.
• Create, check and approve engineering drawings and specifications
• Design test fixtures and test procedures to ensure our products are high quality and easy to manufacture.
• Define test plans and support Verification and Validation testing
• Support some of the brightest and most unique LED based illumination sources in the industry.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a technology-related field, preferably electronics engineering, electrical engineering or computer engineering, with 5-7 years of experience.
• Strong knowledge of PCB design and layout with QFNs, BGAs. OrCAD Capture and Allegro PCB Editor experience is preferred.
• Strong troubleshooting skills with emphasis on mixed systems composed of hardware, firmware, and software.
• Experience with SolidWorks Electrical is preferred Strong mechanical aptitude.
• Hands on PCB assembly and rework experience with both SMT and TH are highly desirable.
• Working knowledge of C and C++. Knowledge of embedded microcontroller development preferred but not required.
• Familiar with Altera CPLDs and FPGAs including NIOS development. Familiar with Microchip PIC processors.
• Basic knowledge of optics, illumination and digital imaging.
• Be highly motivated and demonstrate a passion for electronics and electrical design.
• Comfortable with basic EE lab equipment (Oscilloscope, Power suppliers, signal generators)

Working Conditions:

Applied Vision is a place where you are celebrated for the person you are and your creative ideas. Come be part of a stable, fast growing company offering an excellent work environment, great colleagues, room for advancement, and opportunity to travel. We also offer comprehensive benefits (medical & dental) as well as 401K, profit sharing, paid holidays, vacation, sick days, and an onsite workout facility. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work performed by personnel assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be constructed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

Crane NXT is a premier industrial technology company that provides proprietary and trusted technology solutions to secure, detect, and authenticate what matters most to its customers. The company is a pioneer in advanced, proprietary micro-optics technology for securing physical products, and its sophisticated electronic equipment and associated software leverages proprietary core capabilities with detection and sensing technologies. Crane NXT has approximately 4,000 employees with global operations and manufacturing facilities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Japan, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, and Malta. For more information, visit

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