Automation Project Engineer

Nalys; Wallonië; Sur place; EUR 65 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Nalys is seeking a Project Engineer – Automation to join a multidisciplinary engineering team developing complex, regulated medical technology. You will translate system-level requirements into actionable automation tasks and ensure traceability across the development lifecycle.

You will lead collaborations between Automation, System/Device Owners, and Technical Teams, driving structured specifications, backlog items, and timely delivery while maintaining rigorous documentation and compliance

Qualifications

• Master's degree in electronics, mechatronics or related field.
• Experience leading automation development and coordinating cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication in English and/or French, in a medical device context.

Responsabilités

• Act as single technical contact between Automation team, System Owner and Component Teams.
• Decompose requirements into clear, testable specifications for Automation.
• Ensure traceability in requirements management tools.
• Clarify expectations and support prioritization with Automation engineers.
• Lead technical discussions between Automation, System/Device Owner, and Technical Teams.
• Support arbitration of technical decisions with stakeholders.
• Define and maintain structured development specifications and backlog linked to system objectives.
• Follow up on execution and resolve blocking points.
• Produce and maintain structured engineering documentation.
• Ensure compliance with development processes, quality standards and medical device constraints.

Connaissances

Automation leadership

Requirements breakdown

Cross-functional collaboration

Structured thinking

Documentation & traceability

Agile environments

Effective communication

Formation

Master's degree in Electronics

Master's degree in Mechatronics

Outils

Requirements management tools

Description du poste

Nalys is a fast-growing consultancy company specialized in high-tech engineering and life sciences. Founded 15 years ago, we partner with leading organizations to deliver innovative solutions and expert support across a wide range of technical domains.

At Nalys, we believe in combining deep expertise with a human-centric approach — empowering our consultants to thrive and our clients to succeed. Joining Nalys means becoming part of a collaborative, agile, and forward-thinking team that values excellence, innovation, and continuous growth.

Job Description

As a Project Engineer – Automation, you will join a multidisciplinary engineering team within a leading company developing complex, regulated medical technology.

You will contribute to a strategic initiative aimed at strengthening the link between system-level requirements and automation development.

This role acts as the technical interface between the eTechnical Teams and the Automation team, with a strong focus on requirements breakdown, technical coordination, and delivery governance. You will translate subsystem and stakeholder requirements into structured, actionable specifications for automation developers, ensuring traceability throughout the development lifecycle — from requirement clarification to verification.

We're looking for someone with strong technical leadership, structured thinking, and a collaborative mindset to help align system, hardware, and automation domains.

The Role & Responsibilities

Acting as the single technical point of contact between the Automation team, the System Owner, and Component Teams, your responsibilities will include:

• Analyzing subsystem and stakeholder requirements and structuring the Automation backlog
• Decomposing requirements into clear, testable, and actionable specifications for the Automation team
• Ensuring traceability in requirements management tools
• Clarifying expectations, removing ambiguities, and supporting prioritization with Automation engineers
• Leading and facilitating technical discussions between Automation, the System/Device Owner, and Technical Teams
• Supporting arbitration of technical decisions with stakeholders
• Defining and maintaining structured development specifications and backlog items — scoped, prioritized, and linked to system-level objectives
• Following up on execution and resolving blocking points
• Producing and maintaining structured engineering documentation
• Ensuring compliance with development processes, quality standards, and medical device constraints.

Skills & Qualifications

• You hold a Master's degree in Electronics, Mechatronics, or a related engineering field
• You have strong experience in automation technical leadership
• You are experienced in breaking down development specifications into actionable development tasks
• You have collaborated closely with Automation, software, or control teams
• You have a background in hardware or system engineering in R&D environments
• You have experience in complex systems development (medical device is a strong asset)
• You are comfortable working in cross-functional and Agile environments
• Your communication skills are strong, in English and/or French
• You are structured and analytical, able to decompose complex problems into actionable elements
• You are hands-on and pragmatic, rigorous in documentation and traceability, and comfortable with ambiguity.

The recruitment process

By applying for the "Automation Project Egineer" position, you will go through the following steps in our recruitment process:

• Olivia Braszko, TA Specialist, will analyze your resume and schedule a first screening.
• You will have a second interview with one of our technical experts in automation
• The last interview will be with our Business Unit Director, Jimmy Rousseaux.

Interested?