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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.
Key Responsibilities
Overall areas of responsibilities and activities
Key responsibilities include (but are not limited to)
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 o ther 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 for piloting of new technologies and their suitability to production environments.
Define and improve the factory blueprint, general specifications and ways of working in collaboration with the extended automation and digitalization teams. (Project timeline dependent).
Contribute to technical improvements, development and optimization of software processes internally in the automation team
The role requires regular presence on the production floor .
Develop and maintain automation programming standards
Complete supplementary tasks as seen fit by management to effectively utilize time and resource for the benefit of the business.
Guide and mentor colleagues to industrial best practices, focussing on growth and development.
Requirements
Educational background and…