Every achievement big or small starts off with a vision. We all have our visions and try different things to turn our visions into reality. It is a way of seeing the invisible and acting on insight. Innovation doesn’t start with just an idea, it’s a mindset of seeing what’s possible.
Be Inspired. Think LUCID.
LUCID Vision Labs is filled with talented, passionate, and inspiring people. But what makes us special is a work environment that is truly humble. We promote collaborative teamwork where respect, trust, communication, and commitment are key elements.
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Envision
Inspire
We look inside and outside for inspiration. We recognize that in order to make positive changes in the world we have to start with ourselves. We believe that each and every one of us has something to offer that brings immense value to our culture and the spirit of our organization.
Empower
Empowerment helps us sustain a mindset and emotional state that allows us to keep on going, in the face of setbacks or adversity. We focus on solutions, not problems. We focus on what is at the end of the line, not on what we have to go through before we get to the end of the line.
Transform
We put into practice what we’ve learned, use the excitement that we get from envisioning, use the empowerment we developed, and then take action to continuously improve and excel. Whatever we have to do to turn our vision into a reality, we do it with the right attitude and in the spirit of excellence.
Interested in joining LUCID? We are always looking for new talent!
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Current Positions
Job Title: Business Development / Sales Manager
Reports To: Regional Manager – GCHINA
Job Purpose
Sell LUCID Vision Labs Products, establish / foster new customer relationships while maintaining / growing existing business in keeping with the mission and values of the Company. Maintain accurate and up to date records of activities in company database(s). Work with other teams within the company to further promote and develop Lucid Vision to a top tier supplier in the Machine Vision business.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Assist and educate the customer in all the technical features and benefits of our products and match them to customer requirements.
• Negotiate pricing in accordance with Company policy and guidelines.
• Managing distributors to ensure their performance is on track on a timely basis.
• Meet or exceeding sales goals by working cooperatively with the sales team and paying attention to both customer retention and new customer growth.
• Provide input to help accurately forecast future sales growth to set realistic sales targets.
• Ensure that the proper customer information is entered and maintained in the CRM for internal teams to properly conduct resource planning.
• Understand and communicate the status of each customer project and ensure all internal teams involved are kept informed.
• Developing new customers and business opportunities by attending tradeshows, making new contacts by email, and conducting product demonstrations.
• Traveling to customer sites and engaging in regular calls to ensure we are meeting their needs and retaining their business.
• Provide feedback to Product Management / Engineering teams on customer requirements / feature requests and potential products that would assist in further developing Lucid Vision Labs business.
• Stay on top of industry trends to identify potential market opportunities for supporting company growth. Examples include walking a tradeshow, conducting market and technologies research, attending technical training.
• Collaborate with the marketing team to improve marketing materials and demonstrations based on feedback you are getting from our customers and from the market as a whole.
• Perform other related duties as required.
Qualifications/Education/Skills
• Minimum 5 years of technical sales/application in China machine vision background
• Machine Vision customer management background / skills
• Conscientious and assiduous – support and commitment to actions need to be taken care of.
• Knowledge of CRM systems and MS Windows programs (Office, Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Self-motivated – ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to travel throughout the GCHINA region (requires travel to customer meetings, tradeshows etc.)
• Experience working in a team environment with Sales, Product Management, Production, Quality & Marketing departments.
• Post-Secondary Degree (Engineering or Business)
• Experience with Forecasting / sales projections
• Fluent English and any other language welcome
Job Title: Senior Area Sales Manager
Reports To: Regional Manager – APAC
Job Purpose
LUCID Vision Labs製品を理解し顧客に向けて販売できるカントリーマネージャを募集しています。商品の紹介、販売だけではなく顧客の抱えている問題点を理解し、一緒になって解決する姿勢でお客様との関係を構築・育成できる方をお待ちしております。また、ビジネスに対しての戦略立案・提言ができる方からの応募をお待ちしております。また、社内のデータベースに正確で最新の活動記録を記録できる細かさや社内の他のチームと協力できる協調性を期待しています。カントリーマネージャの拠点としては東京オフィスですが、リモートワークなど臨機応変な勤務形態となります。
LUCID Vision APAC team is looking for a Country Manager who understands and can sell LUCID Vision Labs products to our customers. Our expectation is someone who can not only introduce and sell our products, but also understand the problems our customers are facing and work with them to solve them to build and nurture relationships with our customers. We are also interested in applicants who have the skill to develop strategies and recommendations for our business. We also expect a detailed, up-to-date, accurate record of activities in our internal database and the ability to collaborate with other teams within the company. The Country Manager will be based in our Tokyo office, but will have a flexible work environment, including remote work.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Understand the technical superiority of the company’s products, promote, and sell the products to customers, as well as understand customer problems and propose solutions to solve them.
• Understand competitors’ products, clarify differences in performance and functionality, and negotiate prices.
• Work with sales members as well as support and product planning teams to achieve sales goals, paying attention to both retaining existing customers and acquiring new customers.
• Gather information to forecast future sales growth in order to set sales targets.
• Develops sales strategies in line with growth projections and formulates and implements action plans on his/her own.
• Record appropriate customer information in CRM as sales data and use it for strategic planning in a useful manner.
• Visit customer sites and communicate regularly with existing customers in order to build strong and trusting relationships.
• 自社製品の技術的優位点について理解をし、顧客へのプロモーション・セールスを行うだけでなく顧客の問題点を把握し、
解決に向けて解決策の提案を行う。
• 競合他社の製品を理解し、性能や機能の違いを明確にし価格交渉を行う。
• 営業メンバーだけでなくサポートや商品企画チームと協力し、既存顧客の維持と新規顧客獲得の両方に注意を払いながら、
営業目標を達成する。
• 売上目標を設定するために、将来の売上成長を予測する情報収集を行い、売上目標を設定行う。
• 成長予測に合わせた販売戦略の立案を行い自ら行動計画を立て実行する。
• 営業データとして適切に顧客情報をCRMに記録し、戦略立案として有益に活用できる。
• 既存顧客との強固な信頼関係を構築するため、顧客先を訪問し、定期的なコミュニケーションを図る。
Qualifications/Education/Skills
• Minimum 5 years of technical sales/application background
• Business development and/or OEM customer management experiences and skills
• Meticulous and reliable in recording sales activities and operating forecasting.
• Proactive use of CRM and experience in utilizing sales data.
• Ability to travel domestically as needed.
• A team player who can work well with others in a positive and open-minded manner.
• Have a sense of responsibility and the ability to plan and execute tasks on their own or minimal advise.
• Experience in production engineering or FA industry is a plus, but experience is not required for those who are willing to learn and absorb things on their own.
• A person who is actively involved in activities other than his/her own work and is capable of improvement activities.
• 技術営業に5年以上の経験のある方
• 新規ビジネスの開拓やOEM顧客のマネージ経験がある方
• 几帳面で確実に営業レポートの記載やフォーキャスト運用ができる方
• CRMを積極的に利用し、セールスデータを積極的に活用した経験を有する方
• 必要に応じて国内出張の対応ができる方
• 誰とでも積極的で闊達に会話ができ、チームワークができる性格の方
• 業務に対して責任感を持ち、自ら計画立案・実行のできる方
• 生産技術やFA業界での経験はプラスだが、自ら勉強し吸収していく意識があるものは経験を問わない
• 自分の業務以外にも積極的にかかわり、改善活動ができる方
Job Title: SMT Operator
Reports To: SMT Manager
Job Purpose
In keeping with the company’s mission and values, the SMT Operator performs and maintains all SMT process steps related to LUCID’s hardware manufacturing processes. The SMT Operator takes ownership of the SMT process to produce populated circuit boards. All with a focus on excellent output, quality, and scalability.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Use, maintain, create, and update various machine programs for the SMT process such as Screen Printer, SPI, Pick and Place, Reflow Oven, AOI, Depaneling Machine, to ensure consistent operation of the PCB manufacturing process.
• Develop and implement SMT production process steps, regularly providing feedback or recommendations to continually optimize existing processes.
• Participate in the operation of various SMT production lines, both directly and indirectly with a focus on quality and repeatability.
• Monitor equipment performance and troubleshoot issues, escalating complex issues with Vendor Support as needed.
• Perform regularly scheduled Preventative Maintenance for all SMT equipment to ensure proper upkeep while minimizing downtime.
• Participate in the procurement process with the internal Buyer by requesting quotes, vetting suppliers, and comparing options for new equipment to support the SMT production system.
• Perform post-SMT process steps for transferring populated boards into stock, ensuring accurate representation in inventory counts.
• Other related duties, as required.
Qualifications/Education/Skills
• Minimum 3 years’ experience operating an SMT line.
• Very attentive and detail-oriented mindset.
• Adaptable and willing to learn and apply new skills.
• Excellent communicator, willing to work with other teams.
• Experience in an electronics manufacturing environment.
• Experience with optical inspection equipment (SPI/AOI).
• Experience with Pick & Place machines.
• Salary range for this role: CAD$48,000 to $55,000 annually. Our salary range displaced on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position in Canada. Within the range, individual pay is determined by job-related skills, experience, relevant education, or training.
Job Title: Junior Application Engineer
Reports To: Application Engineering Manager
Job Purpose
Together with the Engineering teams, Product Management team and the Sales and Marketing teams, the Junior Application Engineer will set the course for the product success and ensure a positive customer experience. The Junior Application Engineer will advise and support LUCID customers in all technical questions about LUCID products, understand specific customer requirements to help provide service-oriented examples and solutions, and will establish the important interface between our development, product management, sales and the customer.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Help customers with deep technical questions related to LUCID products
• Assist customers in troubleshooting their technical issues including product support, application support and 3rd party knowledge during product integration.
• Work with the Sales team to ensure the customer’s experience is positive in all stages of the Sales process.
• Establish a point of technical contact with customers to enhance relationship which includes learning their usage scenario, taking requirements, translating to feature requests when necessary. Write examples for the customer’s feature requests as needed to demonstrate how they were implemented.
• Coordinate with Engineering team to reproduce, diagnose and resolve technical issues.
• Verify upcoming software and firmware releases for feature updates and bug fixes, then follow up with customers accordingly.
• Work closely with Product Management and Product Marketing clarify product or customization requirement and product improvement.
• Issue RMAs for defective and failed product for repair, replacement, and return.
• Create and update product documentation on Tech Ref Manuals, App Notes based on customer use cases, Knowledge Base articles to explain common scenarios, etc.
Qualifications/Education/Skills
• A post-secondary degree or corresponding education/training with focus on electrical engineering, electronics, computer science, or similar
• C, C++, C# programming skills and with Visual Studio debugging techniques
• Familiar with Linux development environments
• Industry knowledge in the field of machine vision is an asset
• Sales affinity and experience in working with customers
• A precise, independent, systematic and solution-oriented approach is one of your personal strengths
• Solid MS Office skills
• Good team work ethic, outspoken with an ability to learn
• Fluent and professional English verbal and written communication skills
• Salary range for this role: CAD$55,000 to $70,000 annually. Our salary range displaced on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position in Canada. Within the range, individual pay is determined by job-related skills, experience, relevant education, or training.
Job Title: Junior Software Engineer
Reports To: Software Engineering Manager
Job Purpose
In keeping with the company’s mission and values, the Junior Software Developer is responsible for writing, maintaining and testing all levels of code related to LUCID products. The Junior Software Developer works on developing and supporting a high performance, reliable code.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop various modules, scripts, etc. as needed primarily for testing
- Write unit tests prior to writing corresponding code in order to deliver full coverage of the company software library
- Participate regularly in development meetings, and code reviews to provide timely input and feedback on internal development processes
- Develop and maintain test frameworks that integrate tools, libraries, and utilities needed to interact with the system under test
- Follow Test Driven Development best practices to ensure established acceptance criteria are met and potential bugs are caught early in the development cycle and no regressions are introduced to the code
- Use git and source control tools in order to support accurate source code management for the internal development team
- Maintaining build machines and test machines in order to effectively simulate software performance for the end users
- Contribute to the development of the internal SDK library and GUI applications
- Other related duties, as required
- Qualifications/Education/Skills
- 1+ years experience in software development (specialty in desktop, web, or embedded applications)
- Support and knowledge of DevOps (including Jenkins, AWS), agile, and source control
- Experience with scripting languages like Python and batch scripting
- Experience developing code in C/C++
- Familiarity with Agile development best practices, including Test Driven Development (TDD)
- Salary range: CAD$70,000 – $80,000 annually
Job Title: Outside Sales Rep
Reports To: General Manager – Americas
Job Purpose
This position is based in headquarter or US. The Associate OSR is responsible for outside sales of LUCID Vision Labs products within the defined territory. The Associate OSR will be expected to develop new customer relationships while maintaining and growing existing business to meet or exceed defined territory sales goals. Input and maintain accurate and up to date records of activities in company’s CRM. Work with other teams within the organization to further promote and develop Lucid Vision Labs to a top tier supplier in the Machine Vision industry. The employee will need to represent the company’s core mission and values.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Promote and educate customers on technical features and benefits of Lucid Vision Labs’ products.
• Guide customers to products of best all-around fit.
• Establish and maintain expectations around delivery, pricing, commitments, product function.
• Meet or exceed sales goals by working cooperatively within the sales team. Focus on both customer retention and new customer development.
• Input and maintain accurate customer forecast for production planning and sales goal input.
• Input accurate contact/account information and detailed interaction records into company CRM.
• Foster strong, trusted relationships with customers via on sites visits and regular emails/calls to ensure Lucid Vision Labs is meeting/exceeding customer’s/prospect’s needs and expectations.
• Follow up and qualify company generated leads.
• Develop and cultivate own leads via company/contact research, i.e., LinkedIn, etc.
• Develop knowledge of machine vision technology, market & competitors.
• Provide customer/prospect feedback to Product Management to assist in future product development.
• Attend relevant industry tradeshows and conduct market research for education and new customer prospecting.
• Exhibit at relevant regional tradeshows (with support & collaboration from other Lucid Vision Labs team members).
• Collaborate with Lucid Vision Lab’s team to develop business and better service customers.
• Report business development efforts to manager & peers.
• Provide excellent customer service.
• Follow pricing strategy specified by General Manager in order to maintain company margin goals.
• Perform other related duties as required.
Qualification/Education/Skills
• 2+ years of technical business to business sales
• Knowledge of the machine vision industry and image sensors, camera sales experience
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills
• Excellent presentation skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite products & CRM
• Self-motivated – ability to succeed autonomously
• Team Player with technical sales experience
• Ability to travel throughout Americas region (travel to customer meetings, tradeshows etc.)
• Experience working in a team environment with Sales, Product Management, Production, Quality & Marketing departments
• Post-Secondary Degree (Engineering or Business)
Job Title: Associate Outside Sales Rep – Australia & New Zealand
Reports To: General Manager
Job Purpose
This position is based in Melbourne and the Associate OSR is responsible for outside sales of LUCID Vision Labs products within the defined territory. The Associate OSR will be expected to develop new customer relationships while maintaining and growing existing business to meet or exceed defined territory sales goals. Input and maintain accurate and up to date records of activities in company’s CRM. Work with other teams within the organization to further promote and develop Lucid Vision Labs to a top tier supplier in the Machine Vision industry. The employee will need to represent the company’s core mission and values.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Promote and educate customers on technical features and benefits of Lucid Vision Labs’ products.
• Guide customers to products of best all-around fit.
• Establish and maintain expectations around delivery, pricing, commitments, product function.
• Meet or exceed sales goals by working cooperatively within the sales team. Focus on both customer retention and new customer development.
• Input and maintain accurate customer forecast for production planning and sales goal input.
• Input accurate contact/account information and detailed interaction records into company CRM.
• Foster strong, trusted relationships with customers via on sites visits and regular emails/calls to ensure Lucid Vision Labs is meeting/exceeding customer’s/prospect’s needs and expectations.
• Follow up and qualify company generated leads.
• Develop and cultivate own leads via company/contact research, I.e. LinkedIn, etc.
• Develop knowledge of machine vision technology, market & competitors.
• Provide customer/prospect feedback to Product Management to assist in future product development.
• Attend relevant industry tradeshows and conduct market research for education and new customer prospecting.
• Exhibit at relevant regional tradeshows (with support & collaboration from other Lucid Vision Labs team members).
• Collaborate with Lucid Vision Lab’s team to develop business and better service customers.
• Report business development efforts to manager & peers.
• Provide excellent customer service.
• Follow pricing strategy specified by supervisor in order to maintain company margin goals.
• Perform other related duties as required.
Preferred Skills
• 2+ years of technical business to business sales.
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite products & CRM.
• Self-motivated – ability to succeed autonomously.
• Ability to travel throughout Australia & New Zealand (travel to customer meetings, tradeshows etc.)
• Experience working in a team environment with Sales, Product Management, Production, Quality & Marketing departments.
• Post-Secondary Degree (Engineering or Business)
Job Title: Field Application Engineer – EMEA
Reports To: General Manager, EMEA
Job Purpose
For our EMEA office in Ilsfeld, Germany (Stuttgart/Heilbronn area), we are looking for one Field Application Engineer (FAE) who applies in-depth product knowledge of LUCID Vision’s camera technologies to support sales activities at a technical and application level. The FAE will work closely with our customers to resolve technical issues, as well as interact with our sales team members to support successful sales outcomes. The FAE will be based in Ilsfeld, Germany under hybrid work schedule. Customers are served by phone and video, in exceptional cases travel to the customer may be necessary.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Provide deep technical expertise for diverse applications such as factory automation, inspection, robotics, 3D, scientific, medical etc.
• Provide deep technical support and training to customers in their selection and use of LUCID Vision cameras to ensure a successful integration of the camera into their system.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance that focuses on design win strategies for key customer opportunities.
• Collaborate with LUCID Vision engineers and factory resources to develop and deliver technical proposals to customer’s project managers, engineering managers, system architects and design engineers.
• Create presentations and demonstration material to help showcase LUCID Vision’s products, tools, and methodologies that align with customer needs.
• Provide regular feedback to LUCID Vision’s management team and factory experts regarding customer requirements.
Qualification/Education/Skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills, strong presentations skills and the ability to work with multiple groups
• Willingness to learn, research and engage in areas that the applicant is not familiar with
• Analytical skills to determine business prioritization and timelines with limited resources
• In exceptional cases, willingness to travel in Europe
• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent
• Min +5 years of industry experience ideally with imaging, cameras, image sensors, and technical support (machine vision knowledge is a plus)
• In-depth knowledge of vision software tools for cameras designs – i.e VisionPro, Matlab, Halcon, Matrox, National Instrument, Pleora, etc.
• C, C++, C# programming skills and with Visual Studio debugging technique (OpenCL and/or Python experience is a plus)
• In-depth knowledge of Linux development environment
• Fluent English, German. Any other language welcome