Maritime Automation Platform Lead Architect

NACOS Marine; Drammen; On-site; NOK 1,100,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

NACOS Marine in Norway seeks a Senior Software Developer, Automation Platform, to lead architecture and drive scalable, real-time platform solutions across sites.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with Product and Program Management, and design modular, future-ready automation capabilities for vessels worldwide. Fluent English required; Bachelor's or Master’s in a technical field.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in industrial/ process automation including system architecture.
• Proven experience designing distributed, real-time automation platforms.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the architecture for NACOS Marine's next-generation automation platform, ensuring scalability, modularity, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
• Design and implement advanced automation platform solutions for maritime applications, balancing performance, reliability, and operational requirements.
• Lead platform architecture decisions, including technology selection, architectural trade-offs, and system design principles.
• Evaluate, validate, and integrate new technologies, tools, and development methodologies to continuously improve platform capabilities.
• Provide architectural leadership and technical guidance to cross-functional development teams across multiple locations.
• Lead technical discussions, architecture reviews, and design workshops to ensure alignment across engineering teams.
• Collaborate closely with Product Management and Program Management to ensure architectural decisions support business objectives, delivery milestones, and product strategy.
• Develop and maintain technical architecture documentation, ensuring traceability from requirements through implementation.
• Mentor software engineers and architects, promoting best practices, code quality, and technical excellence.
• Promote modern software engineering practices, including developer productivity tools, automation, and continuous improvement.

Skills

C/C++

C#

Software architecture

Leadership / mentorship

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

NACOS Marine in Norway seeks a Senior Software Developer, Automation Platform, to lead architecture and drive scalable, real-time platform solutions across sites.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with Product and Program Management, and design modular, future-ready automation capabilities for vessels worldwide. Fluent English required; Bachelor's or Master’s in a technical field.