Sr Project Engineer

Aspen Technology; Madrid; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Aspen Technology, headquartered in the United States, is seeking a Senior Project Engineer for our Madrid office to design and deliver Emerson DGM control systems and provide ongoing customer support across Europe. The role involves working from Madrid and onsite at customer locations to ensure reliable performance and world-class satisfaction.

You will lead complex projects, manage hardware/software integration, and develop training materials while collaborating with engineering and sales

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related engineering or CS field.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience.
• Proficiency in C, C#, and Python programming.
• Experience with Linux and Windows OS, REST services.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer project meetings and design hardware/software on client systems.
• Configure and test hardware, software and networks per requirements.
• Provide technical sales support and training materials.
• Mentor engineers and develop training for the team.
• Travel to customer sites as required and support conversions.

Skills

Programming (C, C#, Python)

Networking & security concepts

Analytical problem solving

Customer-facing communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

Linux / Windows familiarity

REST-based web services

XML/JSON/CSV formats

SQL & NoSQL databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra)

Job description

The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways — from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.

The Role

In this role, senior project engineer will design and deliver Emerson DGM control systems and provide ongoing customer support to ensure reliable performance and world-class customer satisfaction. Working from our Madrid office and from company and customer sites across Europe as required, the successful applicant will contribute to project delivery excellence in support of utility customers in the energy generation transmission and distribution industries.

The successful applicant will contribute to project delivery excellence in support of utility customers in the energy generation transmission and distribution industries.

Your Impact

• Lead customer project meetings to determine project requirements, then lead the design, planning, integration, testing and commissioning of hardware and
  software requirements on customer systems. Provide networking and system/application design.
• Customize system, hardware and network configuration based on customer
  requirements. Perform and lead hardware, software and system installation,
  integration, and testing for projects.
• Act as the lead to provide technical sales support of state-of-the-art power
  systems applications for real-time control systems, including sales presentations and product demonstrations. Provide advanced technical customer
  support and assistance per contract maintenance and warranty. Lead the creation of training materials and project documentation.
• Assist and guide your engineers on the delivery process and where they fit into it
• Develop training for the Project Engineering group.
• Develop and train external partners to better ensure internal alignment at Emerson DGM.
• Work with your team to plan and maintain updates to tools, processes, and
  procedures necessary for successful conversions.
• Manage and respond to escalation requests from Project Teams.
• Troubleshoot complex problems and collaborate with technical experts in
  various domains.
• Investigate and develop approaches to solve new data transformation challenges
• Periodically travel to customer sites and work directly with customers plan,
  deliver, and test developed solutions.
• Support the engineering manager in hiring process for your team and ensuring it remains staffed up to support conversion needs.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Min 5 years relevant work experience.
• Experience in computer programming; C, C#, and Python preferred.
• Experience with flat file formats such as CSV, XML, JSON.
• Familiarity using Linux and Windows operating systems.
• Familiarity with SQL (Oracle, PostgreSQL, RDBMS) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra) databases.
• Familiarity with the concepts of REST based web services.
• Strong work ethic including willingness to learn and investigate new technologies and problems.
• Technical understanding of networking and security, operating systems, virtual environments, and systems integration.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• Comfortable with a customer facing role.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to multi-task on several projects in parallel in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability and flexibility to travel to domestic and international customer sites.
• Strong commitment to providing superior customer service.
• Proficiency in technical writing.
• Experience with or knowledgeable about electric power generation, transmission, and distribution.
• Expertise in any of the following areas: electric utility operations, control
  systems, automation, client/server applications, APIs, web services, network communications, operating systems, algorithms, SQL and other database technologies.