Automation Engineer

About the role

As an Automation Engineer, you’ll play a key role in advancing the next generation of energy-efficient, oil-free compressor technology. This is a unique opportunity to combine software development, engineering science, and hands-on laboratory work to help validate innovations that shape the future of sustainable cooling and refrigeration solutions. In this role, your work will directly influence how our R&D test systems operate. You’ll develop the software that controls test rigs, automates complex testing processes, and transforms critical performance data into insights that drive product innovation. You’ll join a collaborative and multicultural engineering team where you can expand your expertise across automation, thermodynamics, industrial controls, data acquisition, and software development, while seeing the real-world impact of your work every day.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance C++ Linux backend applications and C# user interfaces that control test systems, automate testing, and improve the efficiency of laboratory operations.
• Integrate thermodynamic, fluid dynamics, and energy performance calculations into software solutions that support product validation and performance analysis.
• Configure, troubleshoot, and optimize data acquisition (DAQ) systems, sensors, and instrumentation used to measure temperature, pressure, flow, power, and torque.
• Partner with test engineers to translate complex thermal testing requirements into reliable, scalable, and automated software workflows.
• Build your expertise in industrial automation technologies, including PLC platforms, communication protocols, SQL databases, and engineering tools such as TIA Portal and LabVIEW through hands-on project work and mentorship.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Thermal/Energy Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field with 3 years of relevant experience; alternatively, a recent Master’s or PhD graduate with relevant project or industry experience.
• Strong understanding of thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, or thermal systems, including the ability to interpret refrigeration cycles and performance calculations.
• Proven experience developing software in C++, ideally within a Linux environment.
• Working proficiency in C# for application development, graphical user interfaces, or engineering software tools.
• Hands-on interest or experience working with laboratory equipment, sensors, instrumentation, and data acquisition systems.
• A curiosity-driven mindset, strong problem-solving skills, and an eagerness to learn and grow in industrial automation, PLCs, SQL databases, LabVIEW, and communication protocols through training and mentorship.

Benefits

• We promote from within and support your learning with mentoring, training, and access to global opportunities.
• You’ll have flexibility, autonomy, and support to do your best work while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
• Your well-being matters to us.
• We strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are respected, and valued for who they are.
• You’ll receive benefits like annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, personal insurance, and more.
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