Automation Engineer - Cell Assembly

Lyten AB; Skellefteå kommun; On-site; SEK 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Lyten AB in Skellefteå, Sweden is seeking an experienced Automation Engineer to develop, optimize, and maintain automated production systems for battery cell manufacturing. You will program, troubleshoot, and improve PLCs, robotics, and connectivity to ensure safe, reliable operations.

You will collaborate with production, engineering, and maintenance teams on process improvements, data transfer, and digital integration, with a strong emphasis on safety, scalability, and continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electronics, Mechatronics, Electrical, Automation, Robotics, Software Engineering or similar.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant work experience in industrial automation in battery cell, automotive, chemical, pharma, or related industries.
• Experience with PLC, SCADA, OPC connectivity and MES interfaces, especially Siemens/Beckhoff.
• Experience with sensors, instrumentation, servo drives and motion technology.
• Experience with industrial communication protocols and network architecture including PLC code delivery.

Responsibilities

• Participate in HAZOP sessions and ensure compliance with safety standards relating to equipment control and programming.
• Lead automation system integration during equipment commissioning.
• Develop automation systems for production and logistics equipment and their documentation.
• Author and review engineering design documentation and test records.
• Train and mentor new engineers to spread process control knowledge.
• Code review and testing of supplier work to validate functionality and data transfer.

Skills

Industrial Automation

PLC/SCADA/OPC

Electrical Systems

Mechatronics

Root Cause Analysis

English Proficiency

Team Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electronics, Mechatronics, Electrical, Automation, Robotics, Software Engineering or similar

Tools

Siemens

Beckhoff

OPC/Industrial protocols

MES interfaces

Job description

Job Scope

An Automation Engineer in a cell manufacturing company plays a key role in developing, optimizing, and maintaining automated production systems to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations. They are responsible for programming, troubleshooting, and improving PLCs, robots, and other automated equipment, supporting both new production line installations and ongoing process improvements. The role also includes ensuring accurate data transfer, system connectivity, and smooth communication with cloud platforms to enable traceability, analysis, and digital integration. Close collaboration with production, engineering, and maintenance teams is required to identify and implement solutions that improve quality, throughput, and equipment uptime. A strong focus is placed on continuous improvement, safety, and scalability to meet the growing demand for electric vehicle battery production.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in HAZOP sessions and ensure compliance with process safety, operational safety, and environmental standards relating to equipment control and programming.
• Responsible for the FATs of the equipment (Project timeline dependent).
• Lead automation system integration during equipment commissioning (Project timeline dependent).
• Develop the automation systems that are to be implemented in the production and logistics equipment in the factory as well as the relevant specifications and documentation.
• Author and review engineering design documentation (Specifications, Functional design, Logic diagrams, Test Cases, Test Records).
• Train and mentor new engineers, and educate other support functions on process control.
• Code review and test of suppliers' work within the projects to validate specified functionality and to ensure the quality and reliability of the data transferred from the equipment to the upper level systems.
• Participate in R&D activities for piloting new technologies and their suitability to production environments.
• Define and improve the factory blueprint, general specifications and ways of working in collaboration with the extended automation and digitalization teams (Project timeline dependent).
• Contribute to technical improvements, development and optimization of software processes internally in the automation team.
• The role requires regular presence on the production floor.
• Develop and maintain automation programming standards.
• Complete supplementary tasks as seen fit by management to effectively utilize time and resource for the benefit of the business.

Requirements

Educational background and previous experience required for the role

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Electronics, Mechatronics, Electrical, Automation, Robotics, Software Engineering or similar.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant work experience within Industrial Automation in process-driven or discrete manufacturing industries such as Battery Cell, Automotive, Chemical, Paper, Semiconductors, Pharma, Food, Warehouses, etc.
• Experience of working with sensors, instrumentation, servo drives and motion technology.
• Experience with PLC, SCADA, OPC connectivity and MES interfaces, especially using Siemens and/or Beckhoff systems.
• Experience with industrial communication protocols and network architecture including design of control systems architecture and PLC code delivering the desired system functionality.
• Experience in writing technical documentation (Requirement specifications, Functional design, UML, Test Cases, Test Records).
• Experienced in continuous improvement and root cause analysis.

Specific skills & Knowledge

• Strong knowledge of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity best practices for manufacturing systems.
• Troubleshooting skills with diagnostic equipment.
• Ability to document technical problems concisely.
• Excellent English skills, both written and oral, are essential. Basic Swedish and other language skills are a plus. You should have good communication skills and be able to work in close collaboration with colleagues from many different teams.
• Ability to work within varying environments including clean‑rooms and dry‑rooms, while wearing appropriate PPE.
• Comfortable operating in high‑profile, international, and high‑pressure environments.
• A genuine technical interest and passion about working within production is highly valued.