Back to Jobs

Job Description

Overview

FloVision is a remote-first startup focused on improving the food supply chain through computer vision and machine learning. The Field Engineer role involves installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting hardware systems for computer vision products, with a strong emphasis on field service and installations.

Responsibilities

  • Travel to customer sites to install, commission, maintain, and troubleshoot equipment.
  • Perform on-site mechanical and electrical maintenance and emergency repairs.
  • Build strong customer relationships and represent FloVision professionally.
  • Turn recurring field problems into practical hardware improvements.
  • Create and modify mechanical and full-system designs using SolidWorks or comparable CAD software.
  • Develop and maintain technical documentation including service records and schematics.
  • Coordinate with engineering teams and vendors for equipment preparation.
  • Identify and implement internal process improvements using AI and digital tools.
  • Lead and support R&D projects, building test rigs and prototypes.
  • Manage the day-to-day operation of the Chicago workshop space.
  • Maintain safety procedures and uphold Quality, Health, Safety, and Environment standards.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Automation Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
  • At least four years of experience in automation, controls, field engineering, or a related industrial environment.
  • Hands-on mechanical and electrical skills, including confidence with common tools.
  • Experience programming and troubleshooting PLC and HMI systems.
  • Proficiency with SolidWorks or equivalent CAD software.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to implement practical fixes.
  • Strong computer literacy and willingness to learn AI-enabled tools.
  • Outstanding communication skills and ability to represent FloVision professionally.
  • Self-managing and organized with the ability to balance multiple projects.
  • Genuine enthusiasm for field work and ability to travel approximately 75%.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • This is a full-time, Chicago-based field role requiring approximately 75% travel.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
Apply for This Position

How this job compares in Chicago, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $50/hr, this posting sits about 29% above the $39/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL — toward the top of a $30–$50/hr middle band drawn from 69 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 75% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Chicago, IL

We're tracking 91 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 50 different employers. 32 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 352 other active welding openings from 205 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Chicago, or widen the search to Illinois.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Gerber Collision & Glass (17), Staff on Site (13), and S&C Electric Company (10). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Illinois, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Chicago at $39/hr, Elk Grove Village at $34/hr, and Franklin Park at $33/hr. Chicago is among them.

Similar openings near Chicago, IL

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Field Engineer figures were last recalculated when this page was built.