Senior Customer Support Engineer

Job Description Cognex is the world’s leading provider of vision systems, software, sensors, and industrial barcode readers used in manufacturing automation. Cognex Vision helps companies improve product quality, eliminate production errors, lower manufacturing costs, and exceed consumer expectations for high quality products at an affordable price. Typical applications for machine vision include detecting defects, monitoring production lines, guiding assembly robots, and tracking, sorting and identifying parts.

Cognex serves an international customer base from offices located throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia, and through a global network of integration and distribution partners. The company is headquartered close to Boston in Natick, Massachusetts As a Senior Customer Support Engineer, you will serve as a key point of contact and entry point for incoming customer requests, delivering expert remote technical support to English and Italian speaking Cognex customers across Europe.

You will take ownership of complex and high-impact technical issues, driving resolution across teams and acting as a technical reference within a distributed team of engineers. You will play a critical role in ensuring customer success by understanding customer needs, leading effective resolution strategies, and maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction. Collaboration on effective resolutions and customer satisfaction is achieved via participation in our customer interaction recording platform.

You will work with a diverse customer base, including end users, system integrators, and machine builders. This role requires a strong customer-first mindset, deep technical curiosity, and a proactive, solution-oriented approach to problem-solving, along with the ability to influence best practices and support continuous improvement within the team.

We are looking for a Senior Customer Support Engineer in our Milan, Italy office working on a hybrid schedule - 3 days in the office and 2 remote.

Office address:

Via Gaetano Crespi, 9 20134 Milano

Key Responsibilities Serve as the front-line technical escalation point for Cognex products, handling complex customer requests submitted via web and phone

Lead the resolution of complex or high-impact technical issues, including cross-functional coordination with engineering and product teams

Understand customer environments, ask effective troubleshooting questions, assess severity, and define resolution strategies

Troubleshoot and reproduce advanced technical issues, identify root causes, and deliver robust solutions or workarounds

Drive end-to-end ownership of critical cases, ensuring timely resolution and a high level of customer satisfaction

Maintain clear and proactive communication with customers, providing regular updates and managing expectations

Accurately document and manage cases in the CRM system, ensuring high-quality and actionable records, including participation in recorded customer interactions in line with standard support practices.

Identify unexpected product behaviors and escalate issues appropriately while contributing to long-term product improvement

Act as a technical reference for the team, providing guidance and support on complex troubleshooting scenarios

Mentor and support junior engineers in both technical problem-solving and customer interaction

Contribute to knowledge sharing by creating and reviewing knowledge base articles, FAQs, and technical documentation

Identify recurring issues and drive root cause analysis to improve support processes and product quality

Collaborate with global support teams to ensure consistent, high-quality support across regions

Stay up to date with Cognex technologies and contribute to continuous learning within the team

Core Skills (Required)
Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills, with the ability to diagnose complex, multi-layered technical issues across hardware, software, and networking

Familiarity with industrial and automation environments, including basic knowledge of PLCs, robotics, or manufacturing systems

Understanding of networking fundamentals and industrial communication protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, Ethernet/IP,…