Delft, The Netherlands

Being responsible for the development of safe and high-performance servo drive- and PLC controls for our fleet, and validating your solution after a scaled test on a real system within a couple of months; how does that sound? At Ampelmann this is our reality. Do you like to see your own ideas materialize in our newest machines and test if they are working as intended? Do you enjoy a flexible work environment, and do you quickly want to gain responsibilities? Together with a strong team of engineers and assisted by our trusted suppliers we can make it happen! Curious? Read on and apply now for our Senior Control Systems Engineer position!

About Ampelmann
Ampelmann makes offshore access as easy as crossing the street. Our drive is to make the offshore industry safer, enable the energy transition and have a great career in the meantime. We combine the challenges of a large globally operating organisation with a change-positive attitude and entrepreneurial spirit. Personal development and responsibility take center stage at Ampelmann. Growing Ampelmann means growing you.

Read more about the Ampelmann story here and have an ‘inside look’ here.

About the Research & Development Team
The Research and Development team is part of the Innovations Department and is responsible for exploring new technologies and developing advanced control-platform software, to make our offshore access solutions even more future proof and to serve our clients' needs. In other words: Research & Development control systems engineers create the smooth, efficient and safe actuation of our fleet! The R&D team consists of 7 engineers, covering fields of advanced and robust drive-controls, efficient energy storage and regeneration, vision systems, safety, simulations, algorithm- and engineering-tools development. The team explores and sets the standards for our modular design approach. In this role, you will report to the R&D Manager, and daily to the Lead Engineer.

Your role as Senior Control Systems Engineer
Working in bi-weekly sprints, you will design and develop controls for our Ampelmann systems. As Senior Control Systems Engineer you will work closely together in a team of highly skilled engineers. You set the standard for our control platform, and you are the go-to person for complex software control related questions. As Senior Control Systems Engineer, you are responsible for everything that is needed to make our systems move. This includes electric, hydraulic and software standards. To quickly build systems with the highest safety standards we are continuously developing and improving our modular design platform, while speeding up the transition to fully electrifying our fleet. As Senior Control Systems Engineer, you get the chance to test and implement new features in an early development stage.

Regular activities

• Design, develop, implement and test actuator and machine controls.
• Set, review and maintain our motion control software standard together with our motion control engineers within the Innovations department.
• Analyse data and performance of our current and new fleet, design and implement control and performance improvements to optimize our fleet.
• Assist with your drive controls experience on tuning and analysing our control systems in Rotterdam and occasionally offshore.
• Develop the test setups of our control systems.
• Share and maintain knowledge on machine safe operations and control standards.
• Coach and train your Motion Control colleagues on personal and professional development.

We ask

• BSc or MSc degree in Mechatronics, Systems & Control, Mechanical-, Electrical-, or Aerospace engineering.
• > 5 years of work experience with control systems.
• Excellent English communication skills (spoken and written).
• Analytical and proactive attitude.
• Proven experience with design and implementation of actuator controls in (offshore) machinery.
• Broad experience with PLC and servo drive program design, development, testing and tuning, Python and/or Matlab, and Siemens TIA portal, preferably with Startdrive or similar.
• Knowledge of industrial networks and their communication protocols (i.e. UDP, OPC, TCP-IP, PN-RT).

You get

• A great work environment with innovative and change-willing aspirations.
• High degree of responsibility and room to have significant impact.
• Monthly gross salary between EUR 4.283 - EUR 6.120 based on your experience.
• Good secondary benefits (e.g. unlimited vacation days, annual bonus, Working from Home policy).
• Ampelmann Academy for all your personal and professional development needs.

Interested?
You can apply before 04 July 2023 by uploading your CV and motivation letter via the “Apply Now” button on our website. In the week after the closing date, we will let you know if you have been selected for the first interview round. If there is a match after the first interview, you will proceed to the second interview round. Still a match? Then we will offer you the job!

If you have any questions related to this vacancy, please contact recruitment@ampelmann.nl. Your contact person for this vacancy is Eva Pothof.

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