A brand new and exciting opportunity for an Automation Engineer / Controls Engineer / Systems Engineer has arisen at a Cambridge based company who are developing automated biotech / bioprocessing manufacturing technology which is having a dramatic and impactful influence in the fight against cancer.
As the Controls and Automation Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, installing, managing and/or maintaining equipment and software on PLC and SCADA systems. You’ll be working closely with life scientists, software engineers, and mechanical engineers - this is an exciting opportunity to use your engineering skills across a range of disciplines.
In return you can expect a fantastic working environment in a close-knit team, excellent career development opportunities, training, very competitive salary and benefits package.
Automation Engineer / Controls Engineer / Systems Engineer Requirements
- Skills in Programmable logic controllers (PLC) (Siemens, Beckhoff, or others), and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)
- Ability to read and understand electrical schematic drawings
- Engaged with colleagues as a mentor, sharing skills and experience.
- Excellent communication skills to summarise project status and discuss critical issues/milestones with colleagues and external clients.
- Experience in developing software for communication protocols including OPC-UA, MQTT, Modbus.
- Degree in Control Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
- Experience working with PLCs in process control environments
- Excellent knowledge of control system specification, architecture design methodologies, and familiarity with various requirements management and system modelling tools
- Test-driven development techniques for verification and validation within regulated environments beneficial
- Hands-on experience in debugging control systems on industrial platform
- Experience developing control systems in regulated, process-control industries.
- Experience with developing automation for the pharmaceutical industry would be an advantage, but is not essential
Job Location: Cambridgeshire (Commutable from: Cambridge, Bedford, Huntingdon, St Neots, Peterborough, Stevenage, Luton, North London etc)
Salary: £50k - £70k + excellent benefits and career progression opportunities.