Jobs at Cognex

Design, develop, test, and maintain firmware, user interfaces, PC applications, and web services for machine vision sensors. Lead scrum stories, drive design reviews and code quality, mentor junior developers, integrate core vision features, debug customer issues, and collaborate with product, marketing, and support teams to meet milestones.

Provide maternity-cover HR generalist support for Cognex Engineering in Europe with a Hungary focus. Partner with leaders on workforce planning, talent acquisition, performance management, employee relations, organizational change, and talent development. Advise on Hungarian and European employment law, manage complex ER cases, support HR operations and analytics, and collaborate with recruitment and business stakeholders for strategic and operational HR delivery.

Lead global SAP supply chain, logistics, and global trade capabilities. Own roadmap, delivery, support, and S/4HANA modernization; manage a global team and vendors; drive process standardization, integrations, Agile delivery, SLA performance, and measurable business outcomes across SAP MM/PP/QM/PLM/LE/GTS/IBP domains.

Drive OEM sales by forecasting and closing deals, identifying and developing new OEM accounts, delivering product/solution demonstrations, negotiating high-level sales, coordinating technical evaluations, maintaining CRM, and collaborating with global account and applications teams. Travel required (~50%).

The Application Engineer supports product feasibility, conducts demonstrations, troubleshoots customer issues, and provides technical expertise with Cognex products while also training sales engineers and customers.

Design and build backend SaaS services and Vision AI software for automated visual inspection; integrate algorithms into the AI library, operate CI/CD, optimize performance, and ensure security.

The Senior Test Engineer manages Cognex test machines, performs setups and testing, troubleshoots systems and software, supports tickets, and collaborates with teams for problem resolution.

Lead global demand generation: develop multi-year growth roadmap, manage a 20-person distributed team and $5M+ budget, implement ABM and customer marketing, optimize full-funnel KPIs and marketing-to-sales handoffs, leverage intent and usage signals for cross-sell/up-sell, and ensure Salesforce/Account Engagement tech stack alignment.

Provide pre-sales technical support, design and document commercial electro-mechanical and machine-vision solutions, identify technical risks, support handoff to project execution teams, mentor colleagues, collect competitive intelligence, and perform on-site troubleshooting, trials, and data-driven optimization.

Provide application guidance, integrate and troubleshoot Cognex vision and sensor products with PLCs, PCs, and controllers. Support sales with technical input, perform onsite optimizations and trials, maintain business system data, share findings with AE community, and provide product/customer feedback to improve solutions.

Enter and process customer and partner sales orders in SAP, verify pricing and availability, coordinate with Purchasing and Logistics, manage backlog and allocations, support customers on order status and issues, log complaints in Reliance, and create Zendesk tickets for SAP contact/address updates.

Support configuration, testing, and maintenance of SAP finance and OTC processes. Gather and document requirements, assist integrations and data migration, troubleshoot issues, validate outcomes during testing, and collaborate with IT and finance stakeholders to improve processes and documentation.

Support configuration, testing, and optimization of SAP Order-to-Cash processes (order management, pricing, billing, AR). Gather and document requirements, assist integrations and data migration, troubleshoot issues, validate system changes, and collaborate with stakeholders to improve OTC processes and documentation.

Lead and manage global distribution center operations to meet customer delivery targets. Oversee production, inventory, EHS, quality (ISO compliance), continuous improvement, KPI development, and cross‑functional stakeholder engagement to optimize DC performance and standardize processes across sites.

Lead SAP BI development across global landscapes: gather requirements, design solutions, develop and test BW4HANA models, integrate S4HANA and 3rd-party tools (Power BI), troubleshoot, document, and support analytics solutions.

The Product Manager will lead product development, manage the product life cycle, and collaborate with teams to define marketing strategies and present solutions to stakeholders.

The Application Engineer provides guidance, integrates products, troubleshoots, supports sales, shares knowledge, and reports on applications within Cognex's offerings.

Responsible for developing efficient deep learning models for machine vision applications, involving design, development, testing, and deployment activities.

Provide pre-sales technical support and develop commercial machine-vision solutions. Travel to customer sites for trials, demonstrations, risk analysis, and handoffs to project execution teams. Mentor internally, collect competitive intel, and drive continuous improvement of deployed solutions.

The Document Control Specialist manages changes to documentation and material data, ensuring compliance and effective communication across teams to support business operations.