Vision Sales Engineer (Detroit, MI) - Field-based (Travel locally for 60 to 80%)
Overview AI is a company focused on automating quality inspection in manufacturing through AI vision systems. The Vision Sales Engineer role involves working directly with manufacturers to deploy AI vision systems, requiring 60-80% travel to factory floors for evaluations and deployments.
Responsibilities
- Own customer success end-to-end: First conversation through production deployment—technical discovery, live demos, onsite evaluations, troubleshooting on the factory floor, and driving opportunities toward scaled deployments (not just pilots)
Skills
- 1+ years of experience in customer-facing technical roles or high-intensity environments
- Proven ability to operate at a high level in professional or demanding environments (2+ years)
- Engineering background and learn by doing
- Strong communication across all levels
- Genuine excitement about 60-80% travel
- Ability to operate independently, build trust in high-stakes conversations, learn fast through hands-on exposure, and own outcomes without excuses
Benefits
- Uncapped performance-based variable compensation, with typical annual bonus ranges of $25k–$80k and additional upside for high performers who drive larger deployments and scaled wins
- Medical insurance to keep you covered
- Relocation support for candidates moving closer to their territory
- 401(k) benefits available
- All-expenses-paid trips to industry events and company gatherings, plus access to our San Francisco office
- Flexible work setup—this is a field-first role with remote flexibility when not onsite
- Three weeks of paid time off to recharge
- Clear opportunities for growth as the company scales, with room to expand technical depth, customer ownership, and commercial responsibility
- A supportive, high-trust environment that values ownership, execution, and real customer impact
Company Overview
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