Software Engineer - Industrial Automation

Location: Wijchen, Netherlands

Level: Junior

Do you already have experience in industrial automation and motion control, and would you like to further develop yourself in building and optimizing highspeed packaging machines? Do you enjoy working with a multidisciplinary engineering team on customerspecific solutions, and do you like being involved in commissioning at the customer site, both remotely and onsite? Then we are looking for you.

What will you do?

As a Software Engineer, you develop, improve, and test the control systems of our packaging machines. You work on complex, highspeed, highprecision motion applications, both for new machines and existing concepts. You actively contribute ideas regarding technical choices and improvements.

Together with a multidisciplinary team consisting of engineering and project technicians, you align on machine design and ensure innovative and wellfunctioning solutions.

We work with technologies including: Allen Bradley PLCs with motion and Lenze IPC (Codesys) with motion.

Your responsibilities:

Designing, developing, and optimizing PLC and motion control software for highspeed packaging machines
Implementing and configuring Mpac HMI solutions
Testing software during the workshop testing phase
Performing IO tests, functional tests, and supporting FAT
Supporting the commissioning and startup of machines at customer sites, both remotely and onsite (national and international, max. 30% travel time)
Analyzing technical issues and translating them into practical software solutions
Contributing to standardization and improvement of software libraries
Identifying improvement opportunities in performance and reliability

What do we offer you?

A challenging role within a professional engineering team in Wijchen
Competitive salary according to the Metalektro collective agreement, based on your experience
27 vacation days and 13 ADV days
Collective pension scheme and optional insurance plans
Company laptop
Sports benefit scheme
Fun company outings via the staff association

Who are you?

Completed HBO degree (or MBO4) in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or Industrial Automation
3 + years of relevant work experience in machine building or industrial automation
Experience with PLCs, IPCs, motion control, and servomotors (preferably Allen Bradley and/or Lenze IPC) is a plus
Affinity with commissioning and international startups
Good command of Dutch and English
Willingness to travel internationally up to 30% of the time
Analytical, precise, and communicative

Who is Mpac Langen?

Mpac Langen designs and produces automated packaging machines for companies worldwide. We operate in various segments of the FastMoving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry, including Healthcare, Food & Beverage, and Pharma. We are part of the Mpac Group, with production facilities in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands, and sales and service offices in Singapore and Thailand. From these locations, we support our customers around the world. Will you strengthen our team?

Software Engineer - Junior