Automation Engineer - Cobots

VANDEWIELE; West-Vlaanderen; Sur place; EUR 45 000 - 65 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive salary

Flexible benefits plan

Family-friendly leave policy

Opportunities for internal and external training

Résumé du poste

A leading automation solutions provider in Belgium seeks an Automation Engineer to explore applications for collaborative robotics. You will manage projects from concept to implementation, optimizing processes and programming cobots. Ideal candidates hold a technical degree and have experience in PLC programming. The role offers competitive pay, flexible hours, and a customized benefits package, all within a dynamic and supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Automation, Electromechanics or Mechatronics, or equivalent experience.
• Proficiency in PLC programming is a strong asset.
• Ability to work with CAD software, ideally Creo.
• Basic communication skills in French and English.

Responsabilités

• Investigate applications for automation using collaborative robots (cobots).
• Support technical choices with solid business cases.
• Program and implement cobots.
• Help optimize existing robot programs.

Connaissances

PLC programming

CAD software (Creo)

Analytical mindset

Team collaboration

Basic knowledge of French and English

Formation

Bachelor’s and/or Master's degree in a technical field

Description du poste

Help shape the factory of the future with collaborative robotics.

Your role

As an Automation Engineer, your responsibilities include:

• Investigating which existing or new applications can be automated using collaborative robots (cobots);
• Playing a key role from concept to implementation and supporting technical choices with a solid business case;
• Analysing manual or repetitive processes and evaluating whether they can be performed by a cobot;
• Preparing a complete technical and economic dossier per application, including:
  • Feasibility
  • Cost analysis
  • Return on investment (ROI)
• Programming and implementing cobots;
• Helping to optimise and improve existing robot programs;
• Proactively identifying further automation opportunities within the organisation;
• Collaborating closely with operators, line supervisors, and other stakeholders.

Your profile

• You hold a Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in a technical field (e.g. Automation, Electromechanics, Mechatronics, etc.), or you are equivalent through experience. Motivated graduates are certainly encouraged to apply;
• Experience with PLC programming is a strong asset;
• You are able to work with CAD software (ideally Creo);
• In addition to Dutch, you have a basic knowledge of French and English to communicate with operators;
• You have an analytical mindset, work in a structured way, and are able to substantiate technical decisions.

Our offer

• You will join a high-tech environment with a flat organisational structure and a family-oriented atmosphere;
• You will be part of a dynamic, international team of experts in their field;
• You will enjoy a high degree of autonomy, where personal input and new ideas are highly valued;
• You will have opportunities to grow through a well-supported onboarding program, complemented by internal and external training;
• In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a flexible benefits plan allowing you to tailor your extralegal benefits package (including a company car with fuel card);
• Finally, you benefit from flexible working hours, the possibility of working from home, and a family-friendly leave policy with 38 days of leave.

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