Senior Automation Engineer

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.