Founding Computer Vision / Machine Learning Engineer

NextexAI is an early-stage industrial AI startup building machine-level intelligence for textile manufacturing. We are seeking a Founding Computer Vision / Machine Learning Engineer to design, develop, and deploy computer vision systems that detect defects, production anomalies, and sustainability metrics across textile production. This role offers high ownership, direct access to real industrial datasets, and the opportunity to shape the company's AI architecture from day one.

• Design, develop, and deploy computer vision systems for industrial textile inspection
• Build object detection, segmentation, classification, and anomaly detection models using real-world manufacturing data
• Develop image acquisition, preprocessing, augmentation, labeling, and validation pipelines
• Build and maintain large-scale industrial image and video datasets
• Develop multimodal AI systems combining visual data, machine events, sensor signals, PLC/SCADA data, and production metadata
• Optimize models for edge deployment and real-time inference in industrial environments
• Collaborate with textile engineers and industrial partners to translate manufacturing problems into scalable AI solutions
• Contribute to the architecture of NextexAI's edge-to-cloud industrial AI platform

• Strong background in Computer Vision, Machine Learning, or related technical fields