Automation Engineer

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Garching bei München

EUR 55.000 - 75.000

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The European Southern Observatory

Garching, BY, Germany

ESO is looking for an Automation Engineer to work in CSE's Control Engineering group in the Directorate of Engineering. The department comprises about 50 software and control engineers, who work closely with other departments at ESO as well as many national and international institutes and industrial consortia to define and develop state-of-the-art research facilities for ESO's observatories in Chile, especially for the ELT.

The Control System of the ELT is largely based on PLCs. It consists of several local control systems of the ELT subsystems mainly delivered by industry contracts, and the central control system built in house by ESO. The control engineering team is involved in all ELT projects, designing, analyzing, testing and optimizing control systems.

Key Competencies

You have spent at least 3 years working on PLC based control systems over the full lifecycle, ideally in an industrial environment. You are familiar with PLC hardware configuration and programming, HMI/SCADA systems, and motion control applications, in particular control system development with Siemens S7 TIA Portal, PROFINET and servo-drive systems (e.g. Sinamics S120).

Desirable Competencies And Experience

Experience with Beckhoff TwinCAT 3, EtherCAT, WinCC/WinCC OA would be an asset. Familiarity with design and implementation of PLC based safety applications (Siemens Safety Advanced, Beckhoff TwinSAFE) would be appreciated.

You will be working closely with various ESO project teams in an international and multi-cultural team, in particular on the ELT programme. You will design, implement, test and optimize PLC based control systems within these projects. Likely, you will also follow up one or more industry contracts and support the suppliers on technical aspects, join reviews, check PLC code quality, perform tests and finally join the acceptance testing and onsite commissioning.

Qualifications

University degree in control or electrical engineering or an equivalent field.

Language Skills

The position requires a working knowledge of English.

Remuneration And Contract

We offer an attractive remuneration package including a competitive salary, comprehensive pension scheme and medical, educational and other social benefits, as well as financial help in relocating your family and support to place your child/children in daycare.

Our Salary And Career Structure

ESO's salary structure is based upon a range of career paths which reflect the nature and level of our jobs. Each career path is made up of two or three grades which are used to further reflect experience. The role of Automation Engineer is in Career Path V. Please follow this link for more details https://www.eso.org/public/jobs/conditions/intstaff/salary-structure/

ESO aims to support members of personnel in maintaining a good work-life balance (https://www.eso.org/public/jobs/conditions/intstaff/#work-life-balance) between their professional and private life. ESO is also committed to offering family-friendly support (https://www.eso.org/public/jobs/conditions/intstaff/#family-friendly-support), creating a work environment and policies which allow staff to balance their professional and private responsibilities through flexible working arrangements and financial support for families.

The contract is for a fixed term duration of three years and is subject to successful completion of the probation period. There may be a possibility of extension(s) subject to individual performance and organisational requirements.

For any further information, please visit ESO's conditions of employment (https://www.eso.org/public/jobs/conditions/). Please note that the contract policy and in particular the regulations concerning fixed-term and indefinite contracts are currently under review which may lead to changes in the contractual conditions applicable to this position.

Duty Station

Garching near Munich, Germany with regular duty trips to suppliers within Europe and ESO sites in Chile. At a later stage, during the ELT assembly, integration and verification phase, also longer duty trips to the ELT construction site in Chile are likely to be needed. If there is an operational need and the staff member is interested, also a temporary transfer to Chile for 1-3 years could be possible.

Application

If you are interested in working in areas of frontline science and technology and in a stimulating international environment, please visit http://www.eso.org for further details.

Applicants are invited to apply online at http://jobs.eso.org/. Applications must be completed in English and should include a motivation letter and CV. Within your CV, please provide the names and contact details of three persons familiar with your work and willing to provide a recommendation letter upon request. Referees will not be contacted without your prior consent.

Deadline for applications is 9 February 2025.

Interviews are expected to start soon after this date

ESO Values

An important element in any successful employment relationship is harmony in values between an organisation and its people.

The ESO Values Are

ESO strives for excellence through innovation.

ESO provides outstanding services to its communities.

ESO fosters diversity & inclusion.

ESO believes in the key role of sustainability for its future.

Achieving the above are recognized as only possible on the basis of personal values and attitudes that we expect from our employees: respect, integrity, accountability, commitment, collaboration, and clear & open communication. Applicants to any ESO role are asked to reflect on their affinity with these values and advised they may be asked about them if called for interview.

Diversity

ESO has established diversity as an important value of the Organisation, is committed to providing an equal opportunities environment and is actively seeking to promote a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce. Please visit https://www.eso.org/public/about-eso/sustainability/dei-at-eso/ for further details.

Nationality

No nationality is in principle excluded from employment at ESO, however, recruitment preference will be given to nationals of our Member States, host states and strategic partners: Australia, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Chile, irrespective of gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity or religion.

Apply February 03, 2025

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