PLC Engineer

With more than 120 colleagues worldwide, At Eternal Sun we design and produce high-end solar simulators for the solar energy sector worldwide. They are used by the world's largest solar panel manufacturers and leading R&D laboratories to ensure the quality of their panels. We ensure that they can be certain of what they produce. We are precise, resourceful, and persistent.

Examples of a workday as a Control Systems (PLC) Engineer:

• Designing new functionalities and further developing existing systems in the PLC of our solar simulators

• Collaborating with software engineers to design a user-friendly HMI for the control of the machines

• Providing support (remote or on-site) to the service team and the customer during commissioning, updating, and troubleshooting of the PLC

• Testing the control system and solving problems together with the technicians in our production facility

• Traveling to a customer for the installation of a new solar simulator (only if you enjoy doing this)

The main responsibilities are the designing, programming/configuring, testing, debugging, and commissioning of control applications for our solar simulators.

• Developing control systems

• Hands-on working with our solar simulators

• Solving problems and having insight into how the solar simulators are used

• Learning new things and being inventive

• Working with an international team of colleagues and customers

What you bring:

• > 5 years of experience as a PLC engineer

• Experience with Beckhoff (TwinCAT) or Allen-Bradley or Siemens. Experience with programming in ST (structured text) / OOP (object-oriented programming)

• Basic knowledge in electrotechnical measurement/fault finding

• Being able to take end-to-end ownership of projects within your discipline

• Aligning priorities with management, customer service, and sales teams

One or more skills are a plus:

• >10 years of experience as a PLC engineer

• Experience in a lead engineer role that also manages jr. developers

• Experience with designing control cabinets and drawing in electrical schematics

• Experience with wiring, testing, and troubleshooting electrical systems

• Experience with various automation protocols, for example OPC, Modbus,

• Experience with designing control systems in a production environment

• Experience with HMI UI design

• Experience with structured troubleshooting

• A good salary

• If we have made a profit, you will receive an annual bonus

• Training budget

• Travel allowance for commuting of 0.23 ct per km or claiming your public transport costs

• A good pension plan for your retirement, with 2 extra modules (disability and survivors)

• 25 vacation days with the option to purchase extra days

• A communal lunch in our canteen at a set table

• After a fixed-term contract, the intention to extend. Eternal Sun likes to invest in development and growth.

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