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title: 'Senior Field Engineer (Controls) at Overview Corporation'
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# Senior Field Engineer (Controls) at Overview Corporation

- **Company:** Overview Corporation
- **Location:** Shanghai, China
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-02-27
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/overview/662d6eff-8808-401e-9687-bf3141ce722c

## Job description

ABOUT OVERVIEW.AI http://Overview.ai

Overview.ai http://Overview.ai is bringing the cutting edge of AI computer vision to manufacturing—solving inspection problems that were previously not solvable with traditional machine vision. We’re a full-stack company: we deploy GPU-powered cameras on production lines, run inference on the edge, and operate a platform that supports large fleets of devices deployed across the world.

We’re growing extremely fast. Our customers love the product because it works—high accuracy, fast deployment, and an operator-friendly experience that makes real factory rollouts possible (not just pilots).

## WHY THIS ROLE IS EXCITING

- Real production ownership: You’re not “support.” You own uptime and line performance where it matters—on the factory floor.
- Hard problems, high signal: Intermittent I/O, timing jitter, noisy signals, flaky networks, multi-trigger edge cases, cycle-time constraints—this is what you’ll solve.
- High learning + high leverage: You’ll deepen elite controls skills while working alongside world-class AI, embedded, and firmware teams to ship permanent fixes into the product.
- Talent density: You’ll be surrounded by fast, intense people who execute. Your work will be taken seriously and acted on quickly.
- High travel, high autonomy: You’ll be trusted as the senior technical owner across multiple sites.

## WHAT YOU’LL OWN

CONTROLS + LINE INTEGRATION (CORE OF THE JOB)

- Integrate Overview.ai http://Overview.ai systems into automation lines and make them rock-solid.
- Commission and troubleshoot PLC-to-device communication across common industrial protocols:
- EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, Modbus, OPC UA (and real-world variants)
- Diagnose and eliminate timing and triggering issues:
- double triggers, missed triggers, trigger bounce, incorrect edge detection, latency/jitter, inconsistent handshakes
- Debug inconsistent network communication:
- packet loss, unstable links, IP conflicts, switch configuration issues, grounding/noise coupling, cable quality, EMI, misconfigured QoS/VLANs (where applicable)
- Work with PLC logic and machine sequencing to ensure correct system behavior:
- interpret and modify ladder logic / structured text (as needed) to stabilize integration and performance
- Build repeatable integration standards:
- wiring patterns, sensor conditioning recommendations, network topologies, validated PLC templates, commissioning checklists

## ELECTRICAL + SIGNAL INTEGRITY DEBUGGING (HANDS-ON)

- Troubleshoot sensors, discrete I/O, and signal conditioning in real factory environments:
- NPN/PNP sensors, pull-ups/pull-downs, filtering/debounce, shielding/grounding, noise mitigation
- Use multimeters and oscilloscopes to diagnose:
- voltage levels, signal bounce, timing alignment, interference, poor grounding, intermittent connections
- Identify root cause quickly and implement robust fixes—not temporary patches.

## FIELD LEADERSHIP + CUSTOMER TRUST

- Be the senior technical point of contact on-site: calm, decisive, and structured under pressure.
- Train customer automation engineers and technicians on best practices for operation and first-line troubleshooting.
- Capture high-quality issue reports for HQ engineering:
- reproduction steps, logs, electrical measurements, network symptoms, PLC state, and recommended fixes
- Drive feedback loops that result in real product improvements (tooling, diagnostics, reliability features).

## WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

## REQUIRED

- Deep PLC / controls engineering experience (you can independently commission and debug automation lines)
- 5+ years in controls / automation / field engineering in high-volume manufacturing environments
- Hands-on expertise with industrial networks and protocols:
- EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, Modbus, OPC UA (practical troubleshooting, not just theory)
- Strong electrical debugging ability:
- multimeter + oscilloscope competence, reading schematics, signal conditioning, EMI/noise intuition
- Strong understanding of sensors, triggering, and real-time sequencing on production lines
- Mandarin fluency (native or near-native)
- Working English for technical communication with global teams

TRAITS THAT MATTER (WE SCREEN HARD FOR THESE)

- You move fast and stay methodical: hypothesis → test → isolate → fix → prevent recurrence
- You’re highly ownership-driven: downtime is personal
- You communicate clearly with both operators and engineers
- You enjoy the field: travel, factories, and getting your hands dirty

WHY OVERVIEW.AI http://Overview.ai (WHY TOP CANDIDATES JOIN)

- Extreme growth + real-world impact: We’re not building demos. We’re deploying AI systems on real production lines, at scale.
- Talent density: You’ll work with world-class engineers and operators across AI, embedded systems, and enterprise deployment.
- Front-row seat to the AI manufacturing wave: This is one of the biggest transformations happening in industry right now.
- Ownership: In this role, your work directly changes the trajectory of the company. Great hiring = winning.
- Global exposure: You’ll recruit for roles that touch the most advanced customers and factories in the world.

## 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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