Systems Architect - Camera and Vision Technologies

Core Responsibilities

• Define and maintain reference architectures, design patterns, and standards for camera hardware, vision pipelines, and edge-based vision processing.
• Establish common approaches for camera integration, image acquisition, preprocessing, inference pipelines, and data management.
• Ensure architectural decisions support real-time operation, scalability, reliability, safety, and security.
• Drive the strategic use of camera and vision technologies to enable safety, productivity, automation, and maintenance use cases.
• Own a portion of the internal technology radar related to cameras, vision sensors, and visual analytics.
• Foster responsible, ethical, and transparent use of vision technologies aligned with privacy, cybersecurity, and safety requirements.
• Partner with product management and engineering teams to enable vision-based capabilities such as event detection, situational awareness, condition monitoring, and automation support.
• Guide architectural decisions related to camera selection, optics, illumination, environmental constraints, and edge compute limitations.
• Promote reuse and consistency of camera and vision components across products and platforms.
• Define patterns for integration between camera and vision technologies, edge AI/ML solutions, device software, hybrid mobile applications, and enterprise or cloud-based platforms.
• Ensure solutions support online, offline, and hybrid deployment models common in industrial environments.
• Promote interoperability with internal systems and approved third-party technologies.
• Define secure-by-design and safety-aligned principles for camera and vision deployment, including data protection and access controls.
• Ensure alignment with applicable safety, quality, and industrial cybersecurity standards.
• Participate in architecture and design reviews to assess risk, resilience, and compliance.
• Collaborate across product management, device and edge software, AI/ML, hardware engineering, manufacturing, service, and mobile application teams.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance related to camera and vision technologies.
• Serve as the technical voice for vision-based capabilities in strategic customer conversations and enterprise implementations when appropriate.

Qualifications

• Education & Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Vision, or a related technical field required; Master’s degree preferred. 8+ years of experience delivering camera- or vision-enabled systems, with experience deploying solutions in industrial or edge environments. Experience with connected, automated, or safety-critical systems preferred.
• Knowledge / Skill Requirements: Strong understanding of camera systems, optics, image processing, and computer vision architectures. Experience designing vision pipelines that balance performance, latency, accuracy, and environmental constraints. Ability to think systemically across cameras, sensors, edge platforms, AI/ML, mobile applications, and cloud services. Strong communication skills and ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders. Familiarity with industrial automation, safety systems, or vision-based sensing is a plus.
• Leadership & Collaboration: Visionary technical leader who can inspire cross-functional teams and align stakeholders to a shared product vision. Exceptional communicator across technical and non-technical audiences. Committed to data-driven decision-making and delivery excellence.

Why Join Rite-Hite Digital Solutions?

Rite-Hite is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law. In accordance with VEVRAA, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for protected veterans.

What We Offer

• Health & Well-being: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus life and disability insurance. A robust well-being program with an opportunity to receive an extra day off and more.
• Financial Security: A strong retirement savings program with 401(k), company match, and profit sharing.
• Time for You: Paid holidays, vacation time, and personal/sick days each year.