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title: 'Application Controls Engineer at Overview Corporation'
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# Application Controls Engineer at Overview Corporation

- **Company:** Overview Corporation
- **Location:** United States
- **Compensation:** $130k–$190k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-03-23
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/overview/47835158-4848-4d7d-939c-1d1667ca3232

## Job description

## ABOUT OVERVIEW

We're building AI-powered quality control systems for manufacturing. Unlike generic machine vision, our systems are designed to integrate directly into production lines alongside existing PLCs and equipment. We work with companies like Tesla, SpaceX, and Amphenol, and we're deployed in real production environments right now, not pilots.

Our customers don't need another software tool. They need systems that actually work on their production line, integrate with their controls, and keep running under real manufacturing constraints.

## ABOUT THE ROLE

You'll be the technical person making our systems work on the factory floor. This is hands-on field work: you'll install hardware, integrate with PLC systems, troubleshoot in real-time, and ensure vision systems are running reliably on production lines.

You'll own the technical execution from start to finish—from configuration through production validation. You'll work directly with customers, their maintenance teams, and their production engineers to get systems live and keep them running.

Key reality: This is 60–80% travel to manufacturing facilities. You'll spend weeks on-site at customer plants, working with equipment that doesn't stop, dealing with downtime pressure, and solving problems under real constraints.

## WHAT YOU'LL DO

INSTALL AND INTEGRATE VISION SYSTEMS WITH PLC PLATFORMS

- Physically install Overview cameras and lighting on production lines
- Configure systems to work with existing PLCs (Allen Bradley, Siemens, GE, Beckhoff)
- Map I/O, set up communication protocols, and validate connectivity
- Work directly with customer engineers and maintenance teams to coordinate integration around production schedules

TROUBLESHOOT HARDWARE, ELECTRICAL, AND INTEGRATION ISSUES ON-SITE

- Diagnose problems in real production environments: connector issues, electrical continuity, signal timing, encoder feedback, I/O mapping
- Work with oscilloscopes, multimeters, network analyzers—and with your hands
- Collaborate with plant electricians and equipment technicians when needed
- Solve problems under the constraint of live production (no long redeploys, no taking systems offline without customer approval)

## ENSURE SYSTEMS MEET PRODUCTION REQUIREMENTS

- Validate system performance on actual production lines (speed, accuracy, reliability)
- Tune systems for real-world constraints: lighting conditions, equipment vibration, material variations
- Document configuration and create setup guides for customer teams
- Train operators and engineers on system operation and basic troubleshooting

## SUPPORT CUSTOMERS THROUGH DEPLOYMENTS

- Be the technical point of contact during installation and ramp-up
- Provide ongoing support during the first weeks of production operation
- Respond to technical issues and help customers troubleshoot independently over time
- Feed back real-world constraints and issues to the product team

## WHAT YOU'LL BRING

## MUST HAVE

- 3+ years working directly with PLC systems (Allen Bradley, Siemens, GE Automation, or similar)
- Experience configuring I/O, programming logic, and troubleshooting connectivity
- Comfortable reading PLC documentation and understanding ladder logic or structured text
- Hands-on experience integrating systems with production equipment
- You've installed, configured, or integrated hardware on production lines
- You understand how to work with existing controls without breaking them
- Ability to troubleshoot electrical and hardware issues on-site
- You're comfortable with a multimeter, oscilloscope, or continuity tester
- You understand basic electrical concepts (voltage, current, signal integrity)
- You've diagnosed and fixed real-world hardware problems
- Experience in live production environments
- You've worked on manufacturing floors—assembly, packaging, machining, automotive, food processing, etc.
- You understand downtime pressure and the reality of production constraints
- Willingness to travel 60–80% to customer manufacturing facilities
- You're comfortable being on-site for weeks at a time
- You can work with customer shift schedules and production priorities
- You want to be where the equipment is, not remote

## STRONG TO HAVE

- Experience with vision systems or cameras in manufacturing (including setup, focus, lighting)
- Familiarity with industrial communication protocols (Ethernet, Profibus, Modbus, serial)
- Experience training operators and engineers on new systems
- Comfort working independently and making technical decisions in the field
- Track record of owning technical projects from start to finish

## NICE TO HAVE

- Background in plant engineering, maintenance, or manufacturing support
- Experience with specific platforms: Allen Bradley CompactLogix/ControlLogix, Siemens S7-1200/S7-1500
- Exposure to industrial networking or controls system security

## LOCATION & TRAVEL

Preferred location: Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee. Kentucky. South Carolina. North Carolina, Ohio.

Travel: 60–80% of time on-site at customer facilities across the US. Expect 1–2 week deployments, with some trips being shorter (3–5 days).

## WHAT WE OFFER

- Real impact: Your work keeps production lines running
- Technical growth: You'll expand across controls, vision, and AI systems
- Autonomy: High ownership, minimal bureaucracy
- Competitive compensation + equity (startup scaling trajectory)
- Hardware and tools: You'll have what you need to do the job

## About Overview Corporation

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Overview Corporation builds AI-powered vision systems for automated defect detection and quality inspection in manufacturing.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Startup; Y Combinator W19 batch)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Russell Nibbelink, Austin Appel, Xiaoyang Kao

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Industrial AI, Computer Vision, Manufacturing Quality Control, Industrial Automation
- Target customers: B2B – Enterprise manufacturers across automotive, pharmaceutical packaging, electronics, and general industrial sectors
- Mission or purpose statement: "Catch every manufacturing defect in the world"

## Products & Services
- **OVX Inspection Platform**: AI-based quality inspection platform that runs entirely on edge devices, using advanced data augmentation to reduce sample requirements by 10x and training models in under one hour with as few as five images.
- **OV10i AI Vision Sensor**: Compact, smart camera with on-device AI training and inference, local browser-based configuration, and a 3–6 month typical payback cycle.
- **OV20i AI Vision Sensor**: Mid-range AI vision sensor with 200K+ production images storage, on-device training, and connectivity through all major PLC protocols (EtherNet/IP, Profinet, Modbus, OPC-UA, MQTT, HTTP, RS232, Discrete I/O).
- **OV80i High Performance AI Vision System**: GPU-powered high-accuracy edge system (NVIDIA GPU in every unit) for the most demanding inspection tasks, using vision-transformer-based models.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total team of 50+ members, deployed across 30+ cities in 10 countries and 5 continents
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Y Combinator (Winter 2019 batch); founding team members include former Tesla manufacturing leaders; Forbes 30 Under 30 recognition for the three co-founders
- **Growth Signals**: Rapid global expansion with local teams across 30 cities in 10 countries; deployed in demanding factory environments (automotive connectors, pharmaceutical packaging); achieving 100% defect coverage with 50% reduction in inspection costs and 75% reduction in rework; 0% defect escape rate reported

## Competitive Advantages
- **100% Edge computing** – No cloud dependency, production data never leaves the factory floor, addressing critical security and latency requirements
- **Rapid deployment** – Models trained in under one hour with as few as five images; deploy production systems in hours, not months
- **Hardware + Software integration** – Smart cameras with embedded NVIDIA GPUs and pre-loaded AI software, eliminating need for external compute
- **Open platform** – Compatible with every major PLC protocol, enabling seamless integration into existing factory infrastructure
- **Founding team pedigree** – Deep domain expertise from scaling production and quality systems in demanding factories, including Tesla

## Strategic Focus
- Continue global expansion into new geographies and manufacturing verticals
- Deepen edge AI capabilities for real-time, continuous inference in harsh factory environments
- Shorten time-to-ROI for customers (current target: 3–6 months payback)
- Scale team globally with engineering, science, and field operations talent

## Why Work Here
- **Real-world impact**: Code runs on real production lines 24/7 catching real defects, with metrics tracked in defects caught and scrap reduction, not research benchmarks
- **End-to-end ownership**: Engineers own problems from customer scoping through factory deployment and ongoing monitoring – no product manager layer
- **Ship fast, ship often**: Startup tempo with manufacturing rigor; work hits production lines within weeks
- **Global, remote-friendly culture**: Distributed teams across San Francisco, Austin, Mexico City, São Paulo, Zurich, Taipei, Shanghai and more; work asynchronously across time zones
- **Competitive compensation**: Salary, equity, comprehensive health insurance, 401(k), and generous PTO
- **Learning & growth**: Work alongside former Tesla, Apple, and top-tier manufacturing engineers; sponsorship for conferences, courses, and certifications
- **Solve hard problems**: Real-time AI inference, edge computing, multi-camera systems inspecting thousands of parts per minute in noisy, vibrating factory environments
- **Engineering-first culture**: Small teams, big ownership, direct customer impact

## Sources
1. [overview.ai – Company page](https://www.overview.ai/company/)
2. [overview.ai – Homepage](https://www.overview.ai/)
3. [overview.ai – Careers page](https://www.overview.ai/company/careers/)
4. [Y Combinator – Overview profile](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/overview)
5. [Ashby – Overview careers page](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/overview)

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