Automation & Safety Software Engineer (f/m/d)
About this role
Your tasks
You will be part of one of our robotics development teams, working in a cross-functional product team to jointly improve the robotic system
You are responsible for implementing safe and non-safe low-level software modules in the existing framework and ensure that they comply with applicable standards
You create specifications for complex software modules, including their interfaces and test criteria, for our suppliers and external developers
You implement and perform functional testing and troubleshooting directly on our autonomous robots and in our simulations
You take responsibility for your work packages through to product integration, keeping an eye on quality and time
You supervise the products from the prototype phase through pre-series production to serial production, testing and documenting changes
Requirements
- You have successfully completed a bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering, mechatronics, or a comparable field of study
- You have at least 3 years of experience in PLC software development and hardware-software integration
- You convince with profound PLC programming skills in CODESYS / IEC 61131-3 for safe control systems with SIL/PL
- You have experience in the specification and validation of software modules, ideally based on the V-model in accordance with ISO 13849-1
- You have experience with field buses (especially CANopen) and sensor-actuator integration
- You can develop deep system-level expertise, from electromechanical components all the way up to the HAL and autonomous software stack
- Ideally, you also have experience in the following areas:
- Unit testing for CODESYS Scripting Engine
- Programming in Python, C++ and C
- Standards: ISO 3691-4, EN 1175, EN ISO 13849
- You are able to structure your work, manage dependencies to other tea