Automation Senior Eng

Senior Automation and Motion Control Engineer

DESCRIPTION

This team and its technologies are part of our NDT products business division, leading in the nuclear, industrial, and aerospace sectors internationally, supplying robotic inspection systems for the quality control of nuclear and aerospace components.

The headquarters are in San Sebastián de los Reyes (Madrid). The candidate must be available to travel to customer facilities, mainly during commissioning stages.

TASKS

The candidate will integrate into a multidisciplinary work team, performing the following functions:

• Participation in national and international projects supplying automated NDT inspection systems, focusing on activities related to system automation, motion control and robotics.
• Analysis and definition of system requirements, in direct collaboration with project management and the mechanical, electrical, and software development teams.
• Design, programming, and parameterization of the automation and motion controller, drives, safety, communications, etc.
• Commissioning and validation of the system both, at the headquarters and at the client's facilities.
• Development of technical documentation: Requirement specifications, technical and operational manuals, test and acceptance protocols.
• Support for incident resolution and after-sales service.

REQUIREMENTS:

Mainly valued:

• Education: Industrial Engineering / Mechatronics / Electronics / Automation (Bachelor's or Master's degree)
• Experience:
  • At least 3-5 years of demonstrable experience in automation projects, programming and commissioning of industrial control systems including motion control, having actively being implied in the design, programming, and commissioning phases of PLCs, motion controllers (drives, robots, NCs...), safety and fieldbuses.
  • Advanced knowledge and experience in the use of control technologies (PLC, Motion Control, Safety, Communications) from BECKHOFF and/or SIEMENS:
    • BECKHOFF: TwinCAT 3 - PLC, Motion NC/PTP, TwinSAFE, EtherCAT...
    • SIEMENS: TIA Portal, S7-1500 controllers and their F and T variants, Safety, Profinet...
  • Programming according to IEC 61131-3 (LAD, SCL), Motion Control (PLCopen)
• Experience in programming, parameterization, and commissioning of axes/electric motors (current-speed-position control loops, DC-Brushed/Brushless motors, encoders, resolvers…)
• Sensor and actuator’s selection: Electromechanical, pneumatic, safety, drives, servomotors…
• Interpretation and analysis of technical documentation: electrical/electronic, pneumatic, and hydraulic schematics, mechanical drawings...
• Management and follow-up of suppliers.
• Working in multidisciplinary teams (electrical design, mechanical design, robotics and motion control, manufacturing and assembly...)
• Languages: English (B2)

DESIRABLE:

Another valuable knowledge:

• BECKHOFF: TwinCAT - HMI, Drives (AX5000 / AX8000, Compact Drives...)
• SIEMENS: HMI (WinCC, Simatic Panels), Drives (SINAMICS V90, G120, S210)
• Industrial robotics (preferably KUKA KRC4/KRC5)
• CNC technology: Sinumerik 840Dsl / Sinumerik One
• Fieldbuses: Profibus, Profinet/Profisafe, EtherCAT, Modbus...
• Industrial communications: OPC-UA, MQTT, REST

OTHER:

• Own driving license
• Availability to travel: 2-4 trips/year (2-3 weeks per trip)

On a personal level, we also value communication skills, flexibility, dynamism, autonomy, teamwork, and leadership.

We offer integration and training within a highly qualified team in a solid, technology-driven company committed to people and their professional development, strongly positioned and diversified in national and international markets, primarily in energy, industrial, and transport sectors.