William McCarthy

Principal Customer Support Engineer

Role
Principal Customer Support Engineer at Cognex Corporation
Location
Detroit, MI, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About William McCarthy

Highly motivated, analytical engineer focused on the machine vision industry with expertise in lighting, optics, 2D machine vision, 3D machine vision, machine learning (ML AI), robotics (VGR), software engineering, automation, communication protocols and project management. Experienced in solutions for machine vision systems involving: Part detection, part categorization, defect detection, vision guided robotics, optical character recognition (OCR) and cosmetic defect detection. Experienced developer of PC based HMIs, PC based controls, relational databases, deep learning, robotics programming and interfacing, PLC programming and interfacing. Always interested in new technologies, problem solving and continuing education.

Experience

  1. Principal Customer Support Engineer

    Cognex Corporation

    Nov 2025 — Present

Education

  • Southern New Hampshire University

    Master's degree , Data Analytics.

  • Michigan Technological University

    Associate's degree in Applied Science., Electrical Engineering Technology

    1990 — 1995

  • Michigan Technological University

    Bachelors of Science, Electrical Engineering Technology

    1990 — 1995

Skills

  • Plc
  • Robotics
  • Machine Learning
  • Led Lighting Systems
  • Optics
  • Image Processing
  • Visual Basic
  • Integration
  • Databases
  • Microsoft Sql Server
  • Algorithms
  • Software Documentation
  • Sensors
  • Oracle
  • Vision Guided Robotics
  • Sql
  • Machine Vision
  • Software Engineering
  • Vb.net
  • .net Framework
  • C#
  • .net
  • Software Development
  • 3d Machine Vision
  • Automation
  • Programming
  • Project Management

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