What MVTec HALCON experience is required for Contract #06113729?

MVTec HALCON programming is required for this contract. Engineers must be able to write and debug HALCON procedures, including offline programming against reference samples and online validation in a live manufacturing environment. Keyence vision system experience is also required as the hardware layer.

Is the trip to Germany paid?

Yes. This contract is all expenses paid, including the trip to Germany for the initial phase. The rate is $120 per hour plus all expenses paid. Engineers commission the line in Germany, then move to Texas to finish the project.

How long is the contract and can it extend?

The engagement runs 3 to 6 months with strong potential to extend. It starts ASAP. The work is split into two phases: Germany for offline and online programming plus hardware and software commissioning, then Texas for commissioning and production support.

What are the requirements besides HALCON and Keyence?

Engineers need English written and spoken; the ability to speak German is a plus but not required. A valid US visa or working permit is required for the Texas phase. Candidates must be able to travel to both Germany for the initial start and Texas for the remainder of the project.

How do I apply for the Vision Systems Engineer contract on Automate America?

Apply directly at automateamerica.com/app/automation_work/index/3729. Create or complete your profile on Automate America with your machine vision skills listed, then apply directly. No recruiter or agency intermediary is involved. Five positions are open.

HALCON Vision Engineer: All Expenses Paid Germany + Texas, $

This is one of the best machine vision contracts we have ever posted. An automotive parts manufacturer will fly Vision Systems Engineers to Germany — all expenses paid — to commission a new line, then bring them to Texas to finish the project. The requirement is specific: MVTec HALCON machine vision software and Keyence vision system experience. The rate is $120 per hour plus all expenses paid. The engagement runs 3 to 6 months with strong potential to extend. Five openings. Starts ASAP.

An All-Expenses-Paid Commissioning Arc, Germany to Texas

The most demanding machine vision deployments are rarely single-site. A tier-one automotive supplier finishing equipment in Germany ships that same system to a US facility for production launch — and the engineers who commissioned it are the ones best suited to support it when it runs. This contract is exactly that arc, and the customer is covering the trip.

Automate America posted Contract #06113729, Vision Systems Engineer, for an automotive parts manufacturer with two phases: Germany first, then Texas. The scope follows the natural commissioning-to-launch sequence that experienced machine vision specialists know well. Five positions. Starts ASAP. A 3-to-6-month engagement with possible extension.

The rate is $120 per hour, plus all expenses paid — including the trip to Germany for the initial phase. For engineers who carry the MVTec HALCON and Keyence stack, contracts like this do not come along often.

MVTec HALCON: Why It Is the Mandatory Requirement

Not every vision application needs HALCON. But when automotive suppliers specify it, the reasons are specific: deep algorithm libraries for shape-based matching, 3D point cloud processing, surface inspection, and code reading; a hardware abstraction layer that runs the same program across hundreds of camera interfaces; and a scripting environment flexible enough for both offline development and real-time production deployment.

MVTec Software GmbH, headquartered in Munich, Germany, has built HALCON into the de-facto standard for complex industrial vision. With commissioning happening on German soil — where the toolset originates — engineers familiar with HALCON’s offline development environment will move through the programming and validation phase without friction. The Texas production phase demands the same depth: integrating vision results into automotive manufacturing workflows at scale.

The contract pairs HALCON with Keyence vision systems as the hardware layer. Keyence, known for its 2D and 3D vision sensors, requires specific integration knowledge — calibration workflows, I/O timing, lighting optimization — that sits alongside the HALCON programming layer. This contract asks for engineers who have worked both sides of that interface.

The Two-Phase Scope in Detail

In Germany: the SOW calls for offline programming — building and verifying HALCON procedures against reference samples before the system runs — followed by online programming and hardware and software commissioning once the equipment is on the floor. This is the heaviest engineering phase. Decisions made here determine how well the system runs in Texas. The trip is all expenses paid.

In the USA (Texas): the project moves stateside for hardware and software commissioning of the production line and ongoing production support. The German commissioning becomes the baseline; the Texas phase validates and stabilizes it against full production throughput. Engineers who worked the German phase carry context that no handoff document can fully transfer.

What This Contract Asks of a Candidate

The required competencies are clear:

MVTec HALCON software for machine vision systems — required. This means having written procedures from scratch, handled calibration and rectification, and debugged production-rate failures in real manufacturing environments.
Keyence vision system experience — integrating Keyence 2D and 3D cameras and sensors into a working vision cell.
English written and spoken. The ability to speak German is a plus — commissioning in a German facility is more efficient when the engineer can handle daily technical questions directly — but it is not a gate.
The right visa or working permit for the USA, for the Texas phase.

Three questions cut to whether this contract fits you:

Are you able to travel to Germany and the USA?
Do you have previous experience with the MVTec HALCON software for machine vision systems?
Are you comfortable traveling to Germany for the initial start and then to Texas for the remainder of the project?

If the answer to all three is yes, this is a contract worth your application.

The Market Context: Machine Vision in Automotive

The machine vision market in automotive manufacturing continues to grow as assembly becomes more automated and quality-inspection requirements tighten. EV body-in-white manufacturing in particular has introduced new inspection challenges — battery tray sealing, structural bond verification, high-voltage connector alignment — that exceed what older vision systems were designed to handle.

HALCON’s role in that shift has been steady. The MVTec HALCON toolset’s strength in surface inspection and 3D measurement makes it the natural choice for suppliers moving from pass/fail legacy systems to dimensional verification and defect classification. Engineers who specialize in this layer sit at the intersection of software development, optics, and production systems — a combination that does not come from any single training path. A $120/hr, all-expenses-paid, two-country commissioning contract is one of the most direct ways to build that portfolio.

Who Posts This Kind of Work on Automate America

Automate America connects automation professionals — across hourly contracts, direct jobs, and RFQs — with the automotive suppliers, integrators, and manufacturers who run this kind of project. Customers post contracts directly. Engineers apply directly. No staffing intermediary marks up the rate or filters the conversation before it starts.

This contract is posted by a customer who needed to reach machine vision specialists — not generalists, not agency candidates, but engineers who specifically carry the HALCON and Keyence stack and can deploy internationally. That specificity is possible because Automate America’s professional network is built around occupational expertise: vision specialists, controls engineers, robotics programmers, process engineers — each with structured skill data that makes a search like this fast and precise.

Manufacturers and integrators running similar searches can post their own contracts free. The rate, scope, schedule, and skill requirements go directly to the professionals who fit them.

Five Openings. One Decision.

Five Vision Systems Engineer positions are open simultaneously. That is unusual — most machine vision contract postings are single-specialist roles. Five concurrent openings means the project is large enough to require a team, the timeline is fixed enough that all five need to mobilize close to the same start, and the customer is ready to move.

For engineers who qualify: the apply process on Automate America is direct. No recruiters. No preliminary screening calls. Your profile data reaches the customer. The contract details are what you see.

$120/hr plus all expenses paid. All-expenses-paid trip to Germany. 3–6 months with possible extension. Five openings. One application. Make it count.

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