Jobs at Cognex

Drives strategic account growth by advising customers on Cognex machine vision and Industrial AI solutions. Leads executive engagements, technology seminars, product demonstrations, and complex opportunity strategy. Partners with sales, engineering, product, applications, and marketing teams to define solution architectures, promote advanced product adoption, identify expansion opportunities, reduce technical risk, and translate customer challenges into commercial opportunities.

Provides expert application guidance, product integration, troubleshooting, onsite optimization, and customer support for Cognex machine vision and sensor products. Integrates systems with PLCs, PCs, controllers, robotics, and automation equipment; conducts trials and analyzes performance data. Supports sales engagements, develops technical documentation and training, mentors application engineers, maintains business systems, and provides product feedback. Requires frequent customer interaction, industrial-site work, on-call availability, and up to 50% travel.

Provides technical application guidance, product integration, troubleshooting, and onsite optimization for Cognex machine vision and sensor solutions. Integrates products with PLCs, PCs, controllers, and automation equipment; supports Sales during customer engagements; conducts trials and performance analytics; shares application findings; maintains business systems data; and provides product feedback. Requires technical education or equivalent experience, industrial environment safety, customer-facing communication, on-call flexibility, and up to 50% travel.

Provides expert application guidance, integration, troubleshooting, and optimization for Cognex vision and sensor products in industrial environments. Integrates products with PLCs, PCs, controllers, robotics, and automation equipment; supports customers and Sales; conducts onsite trials; and develops technical documentation and training. Requires strong expertise in machine vision, controls, image processing, optics, lighting, industrial communications, and programming. Mentors colleagues, maintains business systems, provides product feedback, and travels up to 50%.

Build and maintain machine learning and machine vision software, user interfaces, and embedded or desktop applications across Linux and Windows platforms. Design, test, and deliver customer-facing features; participate in Agile planning, code reviews, automated testing, CI, debugging, and technical debt reduction. Collaborate with global engineering teams, resolve complex product issues, and provide technical guidance while applying sound software engineering practices and validating AI-assisted development output.

Maintains general ledgers for U.S. subsidiaries, manages intercompany accounting and eliminations, supports global financial consolidation and SEC filings, prepares account reconciliations, resolves variances, improves accounting processes, and ensures internal control compliance. The role requires accurate, timely work across global teams and supports consolidated financial reporting.

Manage and optimize Cognex’s marketing technology stack, including Salesforce, marketing automation, website chat, and project management tools. Support lead-flow processes, troubleshoot platforms, create training materials, collaborate with global marketing, sales operations, and IT teams, and analyze campaign performance to improve deliverability, engagement, conversions, and ROI. Research and implement new technologies for demand generation programs.

Leads and scales Cognex’s global outbound Account Development organization, managing regional managers and driving enterprise account-based marketing. Responsibilities include designing multichannel ABM playbooks, optimizing Salesforce and sales engagement technology, redesigning compensation and performance metrics, improving pipeline handoffs and analytics, forecasting to executives, and recruiting and developing a high-performing global team.

Leads and coaches an Asia-based account development team while contributing directly to outbound pipeline generation. Responsibilities include managing ADR performance, governing AI and sales technology usage, executing localized ABM campaigns, mapping industrial accounts, supporting regional seminars, and coordinating with field sales and account engineering teams. The role requires expertise in B2B technology or industrial automation sales, Asian markets, CRM and intent platforms, and quarterly regional travel.

Lead and scale Cognex’s global Account Development Representative organization, managing regional managers and driving outbound account-based marketing. Develop target-account strategies, multi-channel playbooks, funnel processes, compensation plans, metrics, and technology adoption. Partner with global marketing, sales, and operations leaders to improve pipeline generation, forecasting, account penetration, and conversion. Build a high-performance culture through recruiting, coaching, retention, and career development across a complex global enterprise.

Lead Americas demand generation programs, including 1:few ABM strategies, regional campaign activation, paid media, partner co-marketing, and field events. Coordinate global teams, agencies, and marketing Centers of Excellence while managing budgets and optimizing campaigns. Analyze funnel performance from account engagement through revenue and provide actionable recommendations to improve pipeline growth. The role requires strong B2B marketing expertise, marketing technology proficiency, stakeholder management, and data-driven decision-making.

Manage import and export customs documentation, regulatory compliance, transportation logistics, carrier performance, distribution center operations, supplier negotiations, and logistics reporting. Analyze transportation efficiency and costs, resolve customs and logistics issues, coordinate with internal departments and customers, and support environmental, health, and safety requirements. The role requires a bachelor’s degree in logistics, transportation, business, or supply chain management and at least five years of relevant experience.

Develop and close profitable business within assigned accounts, meet sales quotas, build customer and partner relationships, demonstrate Cognex products, manage sales pipelines, support contract negotiations, coordinate product evaluations, and maintain accurate forecasts. The role serves end users and machine builders in automation-related industries, requires independent territory management, technical product sales experience, and intensive travel.

Provides application guidance, product integration, troubleshooting, and onsite optimization for Cognex machine vision and sensor products. Supports sales engagements, customer trials, technical presentations, and emergency response. Integrates products with PLCs, PCs, controllers, and automation equipment while maintaining business system information and sharing customer feedback. Requires technical expertise in controls, industrial communications, electro-mechanical systems, image processing, and automation. Travel may reach 50%, with occasional evening, weekend, and on-call work.

Sells machine vision and factory automation solutions to end users, partners, and OEMs. Responsibilities include forecasting and closing opportunities, conducting customer visits and product demonstrations, following up on leads, understanding system requirements, coordinating technical evaluations, collaborating across territories, supporting trade shows, and maintaining sales project records. The role requires technical product sales experience, quota achievement, independent work, and 40% travel.

Sell Cognex vision and ID systems within an assigned territory: meet sales quotas, prospect for new customers, demo products onsite, provide technical solutions, update CRM, support events, and generate leads for complex applications.

Forecasts and closes vision solutions opportunities with end users, partners, and OEMs. Demonstrates Cognex products, manages customer visits and sales leads, coordinates evaluations with Applications Engineering, supports strategic opportunities and trade shows, and maintains project information. Requires technical product sales experience, automation industry knowledge, solution-selling expertise, and the ability to travel 40%.

Provide expert technical support for Cognex machine vision products through phone, web, and remote assistance. Troubleshoot and reproduce customer issues, document cases in CRM, create knowledge-base materials, coordinate with global support teams, and escalate product bugs to engineering and marketing. The role requires knowledge of machine vision, industrial automation, networking protocols, PLCs, programming, electronics, and Cognex technologies, along with strong communication and customer-service skills.

Provides advanced remote technical support for Cognex machine vision and industrial automation products. Troubleshoots customer issues, reproduces problems, manages CRM cases, creates technical documentation, coordinates with engineering and global support teams, escalates product defects, trains junior staff, and improves support processes. The role requires expertise in machine vision, optics, industrial communications, PLCs, programming, electronics, and customer service.

Leads HR programs, recruiting strategy, talent development, employee relations, leadership coaching, workforce planning, and employee lifecycle support. Partners with business and leadership teams across multinational technology and manufacturing environments, advises on employment law and international mobility, and manages HR policies, engagement, compensation, performance, and organizational effectiveness initiatives.