[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All TE Connectivity jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/te-connectivity/) · [Search jobs](/search/) TE Connectivity # Webster Research & Development Engineer Robotics, Machine Vision & Precision Automation (Phd) Ny 14580 9709 Research & Science Listed on TE Connectivity’s official careers site. Listed as of October 20, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on TE Connectivity’s careers site →](https://careers.te.com/job/Webster-Research-&-Development-Engineer-Robotics%2C-Machine-Vision-&-Precision-Automation-%28PhD%29-NY-14580-9709/1437591200/) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [TE Connectivity](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/te-connectivity/) / Webster Research & Development Engineer Robotics, Machine Vision & Precision Automation (Phd) Ny 14580 9709 ## Job description ### Job Overview If your PhD sits at the intersection of robotics, perception, controls, and real hardware, this role is designed for you. TE Connectivity’s Passive Optics organization is building the precision automation needed to manufacture the next generation of optical interconnects for AI and hyperscale computing. You will work on problems where coordinate frames, motion, vision, sensing, process physics, and software all have to agree in the real world — not just in simulation. This is an intentionally high-bandwidth early-career role. You will work directly with a senior technical authority, first learning and codifying advanced methods, then taking increasing ownership of new robotics, machine-vision, measurement, and equipment concepts. The goal is not to maintain yesterday’s equipment; it is to invent and prove the methods that become tomorrow’s equipment. Why This Role Matters As optical connectivity moves to higher density and tighter precision, manufacturing becomes a robotics and measurement problem as much as a product-design problem. We need machines that can find, align, inspect, join, and verify extremely small features repeatably — and we need the science behind those machines to be understood well enough to scale. Your work will bridge fundamental engineering with production reality: build the model, write the algorithm, instrument the experiment, integrate the hardware, and prove the result. THIS POSITIION IS 100% ON-SITE AT THE ROCHESTER FACILITY #TEOpticsJobs - TE Connectivity Jobs ### Job Requirements What You’ll Research, Build & Prove Robotics, Motion & Coordinate Systems ### Kinematics & Geometry - Develop forward/inverse kinematics, rigid-body transformations, coordinate-frame architectures, calibration methods, and geometric error models for precision equipment. ### Motion & Control - Design and evaluate motion strategies, servo behavior, trajectory generation, active alignment, and closed-loop control for precision positioning tasks. ### Calibration & Registration - Create robust methods for hand-eye calibration, sensor-to-machine registration, multi-axis alignment, and recovery from drift or reconfiguration. Machine Vision, Sensing & Measurement ### Machine Vision - Develop 2D/3D vision methods for feature detection, pose estimation, inspection, alignment, and process feedback; select and optimize cameras, lenses, illumination, and acquisition strategies. ### Sensing Architecture - Integrate cameras, position sensors, force/other sensors, and process signals into coherent measurement systems; use sensor fusion and estimation where it adds value. ### Precision Metrology - Develop methods for repeatability, reproducibility, uncertainty, drift, calibration, correlation, and machine-to-external-metrology validation. Treat measurement as an engineered system, not just a sensor choice. Difficult Process-Control & Equipment Problems ### Closed-Loop Process Control - Attack hard problems in precision alignment, fiber handling, stripping/cleaving, laser joining/welding, inspection, and other processes where motion, sensing, timing, and process physics interact. ### Next-Generation Equipment Concepts - Take new equipment ideas from first principles through benchtop prototype, algorithm development, hardware selection, integration, and technical proof-of-concept. ### Prototype to Scale - Partner with equipment, manufacturing-process, optics, mechanical, controls, and software engineers to turn successful prototypes into robust, maintainable production capability. Software, Experiments & Technical Rigor ### Algorithms & Code - Develop research and prototype software in Python, C++, MATLAB, or similar environments; move critical algorithms into production software in partnership with the software team. ### Experimental Science - Design experiments that separate mechanism from noise, build error budgets, quantify uncertainty, and use data to challenge assumptions before they harden into equipment architecture. ### Technical Communication & IP - Document methods and design decisions clearly; contribute to invention disclosures, patents, internal technical standards, and external technical communication where appropriate. What your background should look like ### Education - PhD completed by the start date in Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering Science, Applied Physics, or a closely related field. ### Research Depth - Doctoral research demonstrating depth in at least two of the following: robot kinematics/dynamics/control; machine/computer vision; calibration/metrology; robotic manipulation; sensing/state estimation; precision automation; process control. ### Real Hardware - Hands-on experience building, integrating, calibrating, or debugging physical robotic, mechatronic, imaging, or automated systems. We are looking for someone who enjoys making hardware work. ### Programming - Strong technical programming ability in Python, C++, MATLAB, or equivalent, with the ability to turn mathematical methods into reliable experimental code. ### Fundamentals - Strong command of linear algebra, geometry, optimization/estimation, experimental design, and quantitative problem solving. ### Experience - Level: Industry experience is not required. This role is intentionally designed for a new PhD, postdoctoral researcher, or early-career researcher/engineer ready to move from academic research into high-impact industrial R&D. Especially Relevant Experience ### Robotics & Control - Visual servoing, robot calibration, precision manipulation, motion planning, servo control, system identification, or manipulation under uncertainty. ### Vision & Perception - Camera calibration, geometric vision, 2D/3D perception, pose estimation, image processing, active sensing, OpenCV/PCL/HALCON, ROS/ROS2, or similar tools. ### Precision Systems - Micro-assembly, semiconductor equipment, medical robotics, microscopy/instrumentation, aerospace mechanisms, automated test, or other systems where micron-scale accuracy and repeatability matter. ### Measurement Science - Uncertainty analysis, Gauge R&R/MSA, error budgeting, correlation, drift compensation, traceability, or high-precision calibration. ### Optics - Optics or photonics experience is useful but not required. Strong robotics, vision, controls, and measurement fundamentals are more important; you can learn the optical domain here. Why TE Connectivity / Why Rochester You will get a combination that is difficult to find in a single early-career role: a small advanced-engineering environment where your technical decisions matter, direct mentorship from senior technical leaders, hands-on access to real machines and laboratories, and the scale of a global technology company capable of turning successful ideas into manufacturing systems used across sites and products. ### Own the Full Loop - Work from first principles and algorithms through physical hardware, experiments, and production translation — rather than being confined to one narrow subsystem. ### High-Quality Mentorship - Learn directly from experienced technical authorities while being expected to develop your own point of view and technical ownership quickly. ### Work on AI Infrastructure - Apply robotics, sensing, and precision engineering to optical connectivity technologies serving rapidly evolving AI and hyperscale-computing architectures. ### Rochester Engineering Ecosystem - Build your career in one of North America’s deepest optics, photonics, imaging, and precision-engineering communities, with extensive academic and industrial expertise in the region. ### Relocation Support - This role is based in Rochester, NY because the work is hands-on with equipment and laboratories. TE will provide relocation assistance for the selected candidate. Career Development ### Apprenticeship to Ownership - Start with close technical mentorship, then expand into independent ownership of new measurement, vision, robotics, and equipment capabilities as you demonstrate readiness. ### Broad Technical Range - Build depth across robotics, machine vision, metrology, software, precision mechanics, optics, and manufacturing rather than being locked into a single academic specialty. ### Technical Career Path - Develop toward senior technical roles in robotics, automation, sensing/metrology, advanced equipment development, or broader system architecture. ### Innovation Visibility - Opportunities to create intellectual property and contribute to technical communities, conferences, and standards where appropriate to the work. ### Competencies SET: Strategy, Execution, Talent (for managers) ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Not stated - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 13, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 20, 2026 - Listed for: 7 days[Apply on TE Connectivity’s careers site →](https://careers.te.com/job/Webster-Research-&-Development-Engineer-Robotics%2C-Machine-Vision-&-Precision-Automation-%28PhD%29-NY-14580-9709/1437591200/) ## More jobs at TE Connectivity ### [Bangalore Forward Deployed Ai Scientist Ka](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/te-connectivity/jobs/4c50f1045a3901a0aed6/) ### [Bangalore Principal R&Dproduct Dvl Engineer Ka 560066](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/te-connectivity/jobs/43a1af54a3e15e880533/) ### [Harrisburg Principal R&Dproduct Dvl Engineer Pa 17025](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/te-connectivity/jobs/fcf13cbdf7ae37156b33/) ### [Kawasaki Shi Kanagawa R&Dproduct Dvl Engineer 14 213](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/te-connectivity/jobs/d39fc9e4eeb97bd589d5/) ### [Kawasaki Shi Kanagawa R&Dproduct Dvl Engineer Ii 14 213](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/te-connectivity/jobs/c3b66caa10cfbef7fee6/) ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Power System Research & Development Engineer (Contractor)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/totalenergies/jobs/4ff7cd0d2840b786de17/) TotalEnergies ### [Graduate Engineer (Research and Development)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/siemens-energy/jobs/0c3506f81a2fa08d8415/) Siemens Energy ### [Research and Development Project Manager / Gestionnaire de projet - Recherche et développement](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/siemens-energy/jobs/32d5e840a7380bf2bbe7/) Siemens Energy ### [Software Development Lead Engineer Research Waters Connect](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/waters/jobs/d674f1a6b52a29d06c68/) Waters ### [Accelerated Leadership Development Program - Research & Development Path - Chassis Mechatronics](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/schaeffler/jobs/953a320a6df4f77ac6aa/) Schaeffler OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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