Health cover
Medical, dental and vision insurance, covered 100% for employees and 80% for dependents.
Careers at Perflens
Build systems that work on the night shift
We hire engineers, analysts and technicians who like hardware in the real world — wet, hot, vibrating and running three shifts. Five roles are open now, in Jackson and across the US.
Working here
What the work is like
Perflens is small enough that your work leaves the building with your name on it. An engineer who tunes a lighting setup in the optics lab can watch the same cell pass its site acceptance test a few months later. An analyst who flags drift on a Monday sees the retrained model go live that month.
We care about a few habits more than any particular tool:
- Measure it. Opinions are welcome; baselines settle arguments.
- Write it down. Model cards, integration specifications, test reports and Field Notes are part of the job, not paperwork after it.
- Respect the plant. Our systems run in someone else's factory. Their safety rules, shift patterns and production targets come first.
- Say what you don't know. Plain answers apply inside the company too.
Open roles
Five open roles
Field Applications Engineer
Anywhere in the US · about 40% travel · Full-time
Be the engineer customers meet first and see most. You scope projects on site, run Proof of Value pilots, install and commission systems, and make sure every integration specification survives contact with a real line.
You'll be
- Run discovery calls and site surveys with plant, quality, maintenance and controls teams
- Install loaner kits and production systems, and lead Proof of Value pilots in shadow mode
- Design and test PLC handshakes, I/O wiring and network connections with customer controls engineers
- Run site acceptance tests, including forced-fault tests of every fail state
- Train operators and maintenance teams at handover
- Bring what you learn on site back to the lab and the Care desk
You bring
- Several years commissioning automation, machine vision or condition monitoring in industrial plants
- Working knowledge of PLCs and industrial networks such as EtherNet/IP, PROFINET or Modbus
- Comfortable with Linux, basic networking and reading electrical drawings
- Willing to travel about 40% of the time, with a valid driver's license
- Clear writing, because customers read your site notes and test reports
Computer Vision Engineer
Jackson, MS or remote (US) · Full-time
Train, validate and deploy the inspection models that decide whether a part ships. You'll take real samples from the optics lab all the way to quantized models running on Gatepoint hardware, and write the model card for each one.
You'll be
- Build anomaly-detection and supervised defect models from small, imbalanced datasets
- Work with the optics lab to choose lighting and camera setups that make defects separable
- Optimize and quantize models for TensorRT, Hailo and Qualcomm targets from a common ONNX source
- Build validation sets, measure detection and false-reject rates, and write model cards
- Support Proof of Value pilots and retraining for Perflens Care customers
You bring
- Strong Python and a deep-learning framework such as PyTorch
- Experience shipping vision models that run outside a notebook, ideally on edge hardware
- A sound grasp of evaluation, including validation design, class imbalance and threshold selection
- Interest in optics and lighting, and a willingness to spend time with physical parts
- Occasional travel to customer sites
Embedded Linux Engineer
Jackson, MS or remote (US) · Full-time
Own the software that boots, secures and updates every Gatepoint and Lensnode. You'll work across Yocto builds, camera drivers, GStreamer pipelines and the secure update path.
You'll be
- Maintain Yocto-based images for Gatepoint and Lensnode across NVIDIA, Hailo and Qualcomm platforms
- Develop and debug camera drivers and GStreamer capture pipelines
- Implement secure boot, TPM-backed device identity and signed A/B updates
- Keep SBOMs accurate and patch vulnerabilities with the security team
- Bring up new hardware revisions with the edge hardware team
You bring
- Experience building and maintaining embedded Linux images, ideally with Yocto
- Solid C and C++, with Python or shell for tooling
- Familiarity with kernel drivers, device trees and bootloaders
- Experience with secure boot, TPMs or signed update systems is a strong plus
- At home on a lab bench with an oscilloscope and a logic analyzer
Reliability Analyst — Perflens Care
Jackson, MS · Full-time
Sit on the Perflens Care desk and decide which alerts deserve a maintenance planner's time. You'll review vibration, ultrasound, thermal and inspection data, verify alerts and help customers act on them.
You'll be
- Review and verify condition and inspection alerts within Care service levels
- Diagnose common faults from vibration spectra, ultrasound and thermal data
- Prepare monthly health reports and walk customer teams through them
- Flag model drift and prepare retraining data with the machine learning team
- Take part in the support rotation, including Severity 1 calls
You bring
- Experience in vibration analysis, condition monitoring or reliability engineering
- Familiarity with motors, bearings, gearboxes, pumps and fans and how they fail
- Formal vibration analysis training is a plus
- Clear, calm communication by phone and in writing
- Willingness to join an on-call rotation
Optical Technician
Jackson, MS · Full-time
Run the optics lab day to day. You'll image customer samples for Feasibility Sprints, build lighting and camera setups, and assemble and test Lensnode optics.
You'll be
- Image customer samples under multiple lighting geometries and camera settings
- Build, align and document lighting and optics test setups
- Assemble, focus and test Lensnode optics and strobe rings
- Log, track and return customer samples with careful records
- Maintain lab equipment, calibration targets and the sample library
You bring
- Hands-on experience with optics, cameras, photography or lab instrumentation
- Careful, methodical working habits and good record keeping
- Comfortable with everyday computer tools and willing to learn imaging software
- Curiosity about why an image looks the way it does
Benefits
Benefits
Retirement
A 401(k) with a 5% employer match.
Time off
20 days of paid time off, plus 10 holidays a year.
Learning budget
$2,000 a year for courses, books, conferences or training you choose.
Your own tools
Tools and test equipment of your choosing. If a better scope or a faster laptop makes you better at the job, ask.
Paid travel days
Travel days are paid days. A day spent getting to a customer site is a working day, and we treat it that way.
Hiring process
How hiring works
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Apply
Send your résumé and a short note to careers@perflens.com. A person reads every application, and you'll hear back either way.
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Intro call
A conversation with the hiring manager about the role, your experience and what you want next. We share the salary range on this call.
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Practical session
Work through a real problem with the team you'd join — an image set, a vibration spectrum, a boot log or a lighting setup. No trick questions and no unpaid take-home projects.
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Meet the team
Visit the lab in Jackson, or meet by video for remote roles. You'll meet the people you would work with and can ask them anything.
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Offer
Reference checks, then a written offer with salary, benefits and start date. We aim to decide within a week of the final conversation.
How to apply
How to apply
Email careers@perflens.com with the role title in the subject line. Include a résumé and a few lines about something you built, fixed or measured that you're proud of. A link, a photo or a short write-up tells us more than a cover letter.
Don't see a role that fits? Write anyway. We read speculative applications from people who know their way around a plant floor, a lab bench or a vibration spectrum.
If you need an accommodation at any stage of the process, tell us in your email or at any point afterwards. It won't affect how your application is assessed.
Equal opportunity employer
Perflens is an equal opportunity employer. We make employment decisions on the basis of ability, experience and the needs of the role, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.
FAQ
Questions we hear often
Do I need a degree?
Not for every role. For engineering roles, a relevant degree or equivalent experience works. For the Optical Technician and Reliability Analyst roles, hands-on experience counts for as much as formal education.
How remote are the remote roles?
The Computer Vision Engineer and Embedded Linux Engineer can be based anywhere in the US, with occasional visits to the lab and customer sites. The Field Applications Engineer can also live anywhere in the US and travels about 40% of the time.
Can I apply for more than one role?
Yes. Say which roles interest you in the same email, and we'll talk about where you would fit best on the intro call.
Send us something you built
Email careers@perflens.com with the role in the subject line and a few lines about work you're proud of.