Lead E/I Engineer - Cranes

Are you our new lead engineer with experience in hardware and software selection?
With our groundbreaking soft- and hardware-solutions, we offer one integral digital platform for customized harbour cranes. Simulations with digital twins and fully remote-controlled cranes are only a few of the Siemens Cranes developments. More than 5000 container cranes are driven by Siemens automation technology!
As Lead engineer you have the responsibility for all technical elements in our projects and sometimes act as the project manager. A central role in the team that asks for a broad spectrum in experience and interest in automation technology.
Siemens Cranes realize highly innovative and complex development projects. As lead engineer you can translate the goals of our customers. You are responsible for the right selections on a hardware and software level. This means making motor and frequency drive selection and discuss calculations with sales, but also having a good understanding of the software that controls our cranes and conveying our solutions to our clients. You will lead a team up to 10 colleagues (software, hardware and commissioning engineers) based in the Netherlands and in other countries e.g. Germany, China.
Your responsibilities:

• The design of the overall solution and manage the acceptance of the system.
• Participate in customer technical clarification workshops.
• Ensure that safety and security standards are met and our solutions are matching regional safety standards.
• Support pre-sales activities and support bid teams.

The engineering phase is your responsibility. We expect combined in total 2 to 3 weeks of traveling per year. But we won’t limit you to this, it is possible to be more involved in the execution. We invite you to join and support the team on site and encourage you to share your ideas to make every project as efficient as possible and a learning experience for all!

What we are looking for

• Completed bachelor / master’s degree in electrical engineering or industrial automation.
• Experience in a project management engineering environment as an engineer, including at least 5 years’ experience as a lead or senior engineer.
• Experience with hardware selection and functional specifications for software.
• Knowledge of and experience with SIMATIC S7 program language, TIA Portal, WinCC.
• Knowledge and experience of industrial (Ethernet) networks and IT security.
• Business fluent English, ideally you also speak (and write) Dutch.
• Driver's license B.
• Ability to travel for reasonable periods globally.

Our offer At Siemens, we are committed to an ownership culture, in which every employee takes personal responsibility for our company’s success. We apply lean principles and seek to continually improve our processes and customers’ experience.
Furthermore:

• Part time (minimal of 32 hours) or fulltime (40 hours) position.
• Embrace our flexible work environment with flex hours, telecommuting, digital workspaces and working in international teams
• Opportunities to advance your career and mentorship programs on a local and global scale.
• A variable income of 10% of your gross yearly salary.
• In addition to the monthly salary, you will be entitled to a flexible employment conditions budget: our Benefits Budget. The budget is 13,85% of your gross monthly salary, including 8% holiday allowance. You can use the budget for more days of leave, for an extra monthly payment or for tax-favorable expenses, such as our bicycle or sustainability plan.
• At Siemens, you will receive 26 days of leave per year.

Ready to unlock the full potential of technology? Join us! If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact Sabrine Buitendijk, P&O, Het telefoonnummer op techniekwerkt.nl bekijken.
We value your unique identity and perspective and are fully committed to providing equitable opportunities and building a workplace that reflects the diversity of society. Come bring your authentic self and create a better tomorrow with us.

An online assessment and screening is part of the interview process.

Please do not make use of this vacancy as a sales lead, we aren't looking for candidates via agencies.