Automation and Control Engineer

Job Title: Automation and Control Engineer

Location: Glasgow

Salary: £25,000 (Grad) – £45,000

Job Type: Permanent, Full-time

At Teknek we design, develop and manufacture the world’s leading contact cleaning machines that ensure products ranging from currency to passports and smart phones to space shuttles can be manufactured reliably, without waste across the planet.

Based in Scotland with offices in China, US and Japan we are a UK company with massive global impact.

The role:

We are looking for a well-rounded Engineer with PLC, microcontroller and HMI experience to develop machine control automation within our development team. This is a challenging but hugely rewarding role, where you will see your work realised and deployed quickly into the market.

Alternatively, if you are a recent graduate who think you might know how to do this, we would be interested to hear from you.

You will be based in our modern offices located behind Glasgow Airport with good access to the M8.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• PLC programming using common IDEs.
• Apply working knowledge of common microcontroller architectures to implement and test moderately complex electromechanical or electro-pneumatic solutions.
• Creating, scripting, and running test programs to ensure machine control systems are functioning as intended.
• Great communication: Liaising with external suppliers and contractors related to automation and control development.
• Organise, create and maintaining a growing library of modular machine and UI code libraries using a GIT based approach.
• Create and maintain electrical and pneumatic drawings and schematics.
• Create and maintain requirements, system architecture and ICD documents

The Candidate:

• Degree in Electrical/Electronics/Mechatronics/Computer Engineering/Software Development or equivalent demonstratable experience.
• Given the scope of this role, you may have strong programming experience in several areas but need to learn others to cover the range. Either way you will be curious and hungry to learn more to fill any gaps in your knowledge and experience.
• You may have previously worked as a PLC Software Engineer, Automation Control Engineer, Machine System Control Developer within industrial automation sectors such as Food & Drink production; Oil & Gas; Manufacturing; HVAC. Or you may have programmed PLCs for standalone products/ machines
• Programming HMIs using Android Studio or equivalent.
• 2- way communication within smart factory/ Industry 4.0 environments.
• CAN open experience
• Simple PCB design
• Ideally you will have some experience of industrial automation using PLC control with many examples of work that demonstrate how you have tackled similar challenges we will need to overcome in the future.
• You will be driven, curious, collaborative, inventive and tenacious to get the job done and work within a tight knit Development team.
• Or alternatively you don’t have the direct experience but are convinced you can deliver in this role.
• Passion for Engineering both in the professional field and vocationally a benefit

To apply:

• Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview for an initial assessment of their abilities and aptitudes as required for the role.
• Any offer of employment will be conditional on a candidate satisfactorily meeting the required background and/or pre-employment checks which will be subject to ongoing review on appointment. More details are available in the job specification with the application pack available from Helen Bell, HR
• All employment subject to Right to work in the UK. Further information can be found on the UK Government Website. All successful candidates must hold this and / or relevant UK work visa
• Applicants are required to provide required information for a relevant background or pre-employment check in relation to their identity, previous employment, education, and criminal records, as in the job specification.

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Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Controls Engineer, Process Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Engineer, Electrical, Engineering, Testing Analyst, Software Testing Engineer, Testing Technician, Software Testing Technician, Software Business Analyst, Senior Software Tester, Software Test Analyst, Software Tester, Software Quality Engineer, QA Engineer, QA Software Analyst, Software Development Engineer, Software Development Tester, Software Testing Consultant, Automation may also be considered for this role.