Senior Automation Engineer
About this role
Job Scope
High level purpose of function.
A Senior Automation Engineer in a cell manufacturing company plays a key role in developing, optimizing, and maintaining automated production systems to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations. They are responsible for programming, troubleshooting, and improving PLCs, robots, and other automated equipment, supporting both new production line installations and ongoing process improvements. The role also includes ensuring accurate data transfer, system connectivity, and smooth communication with cloud platforms to enable traceability, analysis, and digital integration. Close collaboration with production, engineering, and maintenance teams is required to identify and implement solutions that improve quality, throughput, and equipment uptime. A strong focus is placed on continuous improvement, safety, and scalability to meet the growing demand for electric vehicle battery production.
Responsibilities
- Overall areas of responsibilities and activities
- Participate in HAZOP sessions and ensure compliance with process safety, operational safety, and environmental standards relating to equipment control and programming.
- Responsible for the FATs of the equipment (Project timeline dependent).
- Lead automation system integration during equipment commissioning (Project timeline dependent).
- Develop the automation systems that are to be implemented in the production and logistics equipment in the factory as well as the relevant specifications and documentation.
- Author and review engineering design documentation (Specifications, Functional design, Logic diagrams, Test Cases, Test Records).
- Train and mentor new engineers, and educate other support functions on process control.
- Code review and test of suppliers work within the projects to validate specified functionality and to ensure the quality and reliability of the data transferred from the equipment to the upper level systems.
- Participate in R&D activities