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# Application Engineer, Bac Ninh at Overview Corporation

- **Company:** Overview Corporation
- **Location:** Bac Ninh
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-09-11
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/overview/d4ee4484-c779-4834-a1be-f849bcb07445

## Job description

🏢 Company Overview Overview.ai is transforming manufacturing by delivering advanced AI-powered vision inspection systems that ensure exceptional quality and efficiency. Our mission is to make manufacturing smarter, more precise, and scalable through innovative computer vision and robust, user-friendly software.

Founded by Silicon Valley engineers and former Tesla leaders, we support industry innovators like Tesla, SpaceX, Honda, and NVIDIA. We’re rapidly expanding and focused on providing the industry’s most effective and easy-to-deploy AI vision solutions.

📋 Position Overview We are looking for a talented and adaptable Application Engineer to become our inaugural team member in Bac Ninh, Vietnam. In this role, you will maintain and optimize over 100 AI vision inspection cameras installed across customer facilities in Bac Ninh and assist with new production line deployments. This role calls for strong industrial automation expertise, a problem-solving mindset, and the ability to work independently while managing multiple customer sites. As the dedicated local expert, you will act as the primary technical contact for customers, ensuring swift and reliable support as well as optimal system performance.

🚀 Key Responsibilities System Maintenance & Support

- Maintain and optimize 100+ Overview.ai vision inspection cameras across Hanoi customer sites
- Provide rapid troubleshooting to minimize production downtime
- Perform regular preventive maintenance and system health checks
- Oversee and coordinate a small team of contractors for routine tasks

Technical Deployment & Integration

- Install, configure, and troubleshoot Overview.ai vision inspection systems on new production lines
- Work with various PLC platforms and protocols, including Ethernet/IP, Profinet, Modbus, and OPC UA
- Ensure seamless integration of AI inspection systems with factory automation equipment
- Use multimeters and oscilloscopes to diagnose and fix electrical and signal quality issues

Customer Support & Training

- Deliver on-site technical support and guidance to customers
- Conduct training programs for customer staff on operation and basic troubleshooting
- Build trusted partnerships with factory teams, production management, and technical staff
- Document and report recurring issues to enhance product features

System Optimization

- Address technical challenges such as double triggering, camera response problems, or lighting inconsistencies
- Adjust PLC ladder logic as needed to resolve integration issues
- Refine inspection parameters to decrease false rejects while ensuring high detection accuracy
- Collaborate with headquarters engineering teams for system improvements

🎓 Qualifications Required Experience

- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Automation, or a related discipline
- 3+ years of experience in automation, with proficiency across multiple PLC systems
- Practical experience troubleshooting electrical circuits using diagnostic tools (multimeters, oscilloscopes)
- Strong understanding of electrical concepts, including NPN/PNP sensor technology and signal conditioning
- Familiarity with PLC ladder logic and ability to make necessary modifications
- Experience managing contractors or small technical teams

Technical Skills

- Proficiency with industrial communication protocols (Ethernet/IP, Profinet, Modbus, OPC UA)
- Capability to modify circuits (e.g., resistors, capacitors) to resolve signal problems
- Knowledge of machine vision lighting and triggering systems
- Excellent practical diagnostic and problem-solving skills

Language & Communication

- Working proficiency in English for technical documentation and coordination with HQ
- Strong communication skills for client and team interactions
- Mandarin language proficiency is an extremely strong plus
- Vietnamese language proficiency is a strong plus, but not required

🌟 Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with AI-based or automated vision inspection systems
- Familiarity with automotive or electronics manufacturing environments
- Prior knowledge of Overview.ai platforms or similar systems
- Experience in high-volume production settings
- Additional automation certifications or specialized training

💼 Benefits

- Competitive compensation package with performance bonuses
- Career growth opportunities in a high-paced, innovative environment
- Technical training and professional development programs
- Company-paid international travel for training and support in Asia
- Work with industry-leading AI vision technology
- Collaborative, global engineering teams

## 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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