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Job Title: Field Integration Engineer — Reach Stacker Vision & PLC Systems
Company: Visotonics (VisionXcel Technologies Pvt. Ltd.)
Location: At customer Site across India
Reports to: Engineering Lead, Field Operations
Role Summary
Visotonics builds AI-powered vision systems for container terminals, reach stackers, and yard cranes. This role sits at the intersection of two trades — industrial PLC programming and on-equipment hardware installation. You'll take the vision system from the engineering lab to a live reach stacker on a customer site: mount cameras and lighting on the machine, wire them through the existing CAN/J1939 architecture, program the PLC logic that triggers image capture at the right operational moments, and validate end-to-end performance before handover. This is a hands-on field role; you will be on customer sites in operational ports for most of the time.
Key Responsibilities
- Survey the customer's reach stacker (Kalmar, Hyster, Konecranes, Liebherr, Sany, or comparable) and produce a fitment plan covering camera positions, cable routing, power taps, and PLC interface points.
- Mount and align 3–5 cameras per machine on the cab, boom, and spreader using engineered brackets and vibration-damping mounts. Ensure IP66/IP67-grade sealing on every connection and connector.
- Run industrial cabling — power, video (PoE / coax), CAN, Ethernet — through existing cable trays, including spreader-side runs through the boom slip-ring or festoon system.
- Tap into the reach stacker's CAN / SAE J1939 bus to read operational signals: hoist position, spreader twistlock state, boom angle, ground speed, joystick state, operator confirmations.
- Program the PLC or our edge controller to generate image-capture triggers at the right moments — for example, twistlocks engaged + spreader stationary for >500 ms ⇒ capture damage frames; OR pickup confirmed ⇒ capture container-number frames.
- Configure IP cameras (Hikvision / CP Plus / Sparsh or equivalent) — addressing, RTSP streams, exposure settings, trigger inputs, ONVIF profiles.
- Integrate the trigger pipeline with the existing Linkedge / Visotonics edge software so captured frames flow into the OCR and damage-detection models.
- Calibrate camera-to-spreader geometry so captured images map correctly to the placement workflow and digital twin.
- Validate end-to-end: operational event on the reach stacker → PLC trigger → captured image → stored in the right slot → OCR/damage result. Document the chain.
- Train the customer's operations and maintenance staff on daily checks and first-level fault diagnosis. Hand over a maintenance manual specific to that installation.
- Maintain installation documentation, fitment drawings, and a per-site issue tracker. Feed recurring issues back to product engineering.
Required Qualifications
- Diploma or B.Tech in Electrical, Electronics, Mechatronics, or Instrumentation Engineering.
- 3+ years of hands-on field work on industrial automation, preferably involving heavy equipment — cranes, forklifts, reach stackers, mining machinery, or port equipment.
- Working knowledge of PLC programming. At minimum one of: Siemens (TIA Portal / Step 7), Allen-Bradley (Studio 5000), Mitsubishi (GX Works 2/3), Schneider (EcoStruxure), or Codesys. Ladder logic and function-block experience required.
- Solid grasp of industrial communication protocols — CAN bus, SAE J1939, Modbus RTU/TCP, Profinet, EtherNet/IP. You should be able to read a CAN trace and identify the relevant PGN.
- Ability to read and modify electrical drawings, wiring diagrams, and crane mechanical schematics.
- Comfortable working at heights and inside operational port environments. Physical fitness and ability to climb on the machine.
- Willingness to travel — assignments run 2–6 weeks per site.
- Two-wheeler licence; four-wheeler licence preferred.
- Hindi and English mandatory; an additional regional language (Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Odia, Malayalam) is a strong plus.
Preferred Qualifications
- Direct hands-on experience installing or maintaining systems on reach stackers or RTG/RMG cranes — Kalmar, Konecranes, Hyster, Liebherr, Sany.
- Familiarity with IP cameras, NVRs, RTSP, ONVIF.
- Linux command-line comfort for configuring edge devices, reading logs, and basic troubleshooting (journalctl, tcpdump, i2cdetect).
- Basic scripting in Python or shell for diagnostic and calibration tasks.
- Working understanding of computer-vision concepts — you don't have to train models, but you should understand why "the image was over-exposed" or "the camera vibrated during capture" matters to OCR accuracy.
- Familiarity with port-authority and DGCA safety procedures; ability to obtain port-area passes and CISF clearances.
- Exposure to functional safety standards (SIL, ISO 13849) on industrial equipment.
What We Offer
- Per diem, travel allowance, and accommodation for on-site work.
- Equipment, tooling, and DGCA training where needed.
- Direct ownership of installations from kickoff to customer acceptance — your work is what the customer sees and signs off on.
- A small, technical team (IIT-anchored founding team) where engineering decisions are made by engineers, not by committee.
- Career path into senior field engineering, field operations management, or back into product engineering as a hardware/firmware lead.
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