Control Systems & Application Engineer

Basic Function

His/her goal will be to work within the R&D Technical Development & Maintenance team to ensure reliability, availability and to design and implement changes on pilot plants and laboratory  control and data management systems. He/she will analyze requirements to draft and develop SW implementations and HW enhancements. He/she will maintain systems with scheduled updates and upgrades, troubleshoot issues and provide technical support to both users and consultants. He/she should be a team player with a propensity to work with several departments in his/her daily routine.

R&D applications and control systems management:

• Develop and lifecycle  process and data control  implementations (ex. DCS or PLC) for both plants and laboratory fields. 
• Collaborate with stakeholders and providers in new  SW and HW implementations.
• Test and verify functionality, performance and safety.
• Maintain control and applications infrastructure in respect of Company guidelines and cybersecurity Procedures.

Roles & Responsibilities

Serve as an expert on distributed control systems and Programmable Logic Controllers and provide technical support.

• Configure, customize and maintain  process control solutions (ex. Honeywell Experion C300) and software implementations.
• Setup the security of R&D controls and applications as per Business Security guidelines and cybersecurity procedures.
• Focus on reliability and availability of R&D control systems and applications.
• Work in strict collaboration with other departments’ staff both for requirement collection and support.
• Participate in requirements analysis.
• Test and verify new implementations.
• Adopt security by design methodology.
• Improve existing solutions.
• Develop, maintain and update department documentation.

Min. Qualifications

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information & Communication Technology field or High School technical degrees with at least five (5) plus years relevant experience in control systems and/or software applications.

• Good English knowledge both written and spoken.
• Be available for full 8 hour days, in presence.
• Possibility for Smart Working can be considered.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of computer programming paradigms with a focus on object oriented programming.
• Knowledge of DCS architecture is a plus, knowledge of Honeywell Experion technology is  desirable.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity and networking fundamentals.
• Above average communication and user support skills.
• Analytical thinker able to resolve complex problems in a high impact environment.
• Proven problem solver supporting basic IT infrastructure, including virtual environment management.

Competencies