Senior Software Architect - Lead Machine Software Roadmap

Delve Search - Global Search Consultants; Eindhoven; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Delve Search - Global Search Consultants is seeking a Software Architect / Senior Software Designer to take ownership of the software direction for their high-tech machinery in Eindhoven. You will lead architecture, set the roadmap and steer the software team while staying hands-on when needed to maintain technical excellence.

The ideal candidate brings 7+ years in complex machinery software, strong PLC knowledge, and a track record leading multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software experience within complex machinery or equipment.
• Experience defining software architecture, designs, requirements and specifications.
• Strong understanding of PLC-based machine control.
• Experience providing technical leadership or guiding other software engineers.
• Broad software knowledge with the ability to operate beyond detailed programming.
• Experience working with external development partners or software suppliers.
• Comfortable combining system-level thinking with hands-on engineering.
• Experience within multidisciplinary machine development.

Responsibilities

• Define and develop the software architecture for complex high-tech machinery
• Create and maintain the longer-term software roadmap
• Provide technical leadership and guide software design decisions
• Define requirements and specifications for internal and outsourced development
• Coordinate external software partners and suppliers
• Integrate different software building blocks within the wider machine architecture
• Remain hands-on with software design and development where required
• Improve structure around documentation, testing, bug tracking and planning
• Support wider software topics including cybersecurity, connectivity and HMI architecture

Skills

7+ years software

PLC-based control

technical leadership

external partners

system-level thinking

hands-on engineering

Tools

Beckhoff TwinCAT

Structured Text

Python

C++

C#

Job description

Delve Search - Global Search Consultants is seeking a Software Architect / Senior Software Designer to take ownership of the software direction for their high-tech machinery in Eindhoven. You will lead architecture, set the roadmap and steer the software team while staying hands-on when needed to maintain technical excellence.

The ideal candidate brings 7+ years in complex machinery software, strong PLC knowledge, and a track record leading multidisciplinary teams.