Controls Engineer

Edwards Vacuum; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lifelong learning

Comprehensive compensation

Health and well-being

Job summary

Edwards Vacuum seeks a Controls Engineer in Bristol, UK. The role involves writing control and visualisation software while adhering to functional specifications and software development processes. Key responsibilities include reviewing specifications, preparing test documentation, and creating release documentation. The ideal candidate should have an HND or degree in a related field, PLC programming experience, and familiarity with HMI programming. This position offers a hybrid working arrangement, promoting work-life balance alongside a culture of innovation and growth.

Qualifications

• Essential: HND or degree in relevant technical discipline.
• Essential: 3 years in controls/software roles.
• Essential: PLC programming experience required.
• Essential: HMI programming experience required.
• Desirable: Experience with communications protocols.

Responsibilities

• Write control and visualisation software adhering to specifications.
• Review and provide feedback on specifications.
• Prepare test documents and conduct actions accordingly.
• Create documentation for software release and installation.

Skills

PLC programming

HMI programming

Good level of spoken and written English

Understanding of P&ID Diagrams

Administration of software configuration control tools

Education

HND or degree in a relevant discipline

Tools

VB.net

Modbus TCP

Ether-Cat

Job description

Role Overview

As a Controls Engineer, your mission is to write control and visualisation software for products developed by the Clevedon PC in accordance with the functional software specification. You will follow the software development procedures, including the creation of design and test documentation. You will report to the Lead Controls Engineer.

Responsibilities

• Understand and use software requirement specifications prepared by others.
• Review specifications created by others and provide feedback where necessary.
• Works safely following agreed test procedures and risk assessments.
• Contributes to the preparation of test documents.
• Plans own short‑term (day to day) actions and reports on progress.
• Contributes software plans in the overall project planning process.
• Creates supporting documentation for software release and installation.
• Provides technical content for manuals, build notes and service instructions.

Qualifications

• HND (or equivalent) or degree in a relevant technical discipline, preferably in a controls or software discipline (Essential).
• 3 years working in controls and software within relevant industries (Desirable).
• Good level of spoken and written English.
• Occasional customer site visits may be necessary as part of this role.
• PLC programming – ladder logic, structured text, functions blocks, data structures (Essential).
• HMI programming using VB.net or other high level languages (Essential).
• Communications protocols – Modbus TCP, Ether‑Cat (Desirable).
• Administration of software configuration control tools, version numbering, release process and archiving (Essential).
• Understanding of P&I Diagrams and electrical schematics (Essential).

Benefits

• Culture of trust and accountability.
• Lifelong learning and career growth.
• Innovation powered by people.
• Comprehensive compensation and benefits.
• Health and well‑being.

Job Location

This role offers a hybrid working arrangement, allowing you to split your time between working remotely and being on‑site at our office in Bristol, United Kingdom (GB).

About Edwards

Edwards is a leading developer and manufacturer of sophisticated vacuum products, exhaust management systems and related value-added services. Edwards solutions are integral to manufacturing processes for semiconductors, flat panel displays, LEDs and solar cells. They are also used within an increasingly diverse range of industrial processes including power, glass and other coating applications; steel and other metallurgy; pharmaceutical and chemical; and for scientific instruments in a wide range of R&D applications. Edwards has over 4,000 employees worldwide engaged in the design, manufacture and support of high technology vacuum and exhaust management equipment. Edwards has state‑of‑the‑art manufacturing facilities in Europe, Asia and North America.