Electrical Engineer

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.

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.

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.

• 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%)

• 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…