Software Engineer

Not just a job, but a career

Yokogawa, award winner for ‘Best Asset Monitoring Technology’ and ‘Best Digital Twin Technology’ at the HP Awards, is a leading provider of industrial automation, test and measurement, information systems and industrial services in several industries.

Our aim is to shape a better future for our planet through supporting the energy transition, (bio)technology, artificial intelligence, industrial cybersecurity, etc. We are committed to the United Nations sustainable development goals by utilizing our ability to measure and connect.

About the Team
Our 18,000 employees work in over 60 countries with one corporate mission, to "co-innovate tomorrow". We are looking for dynamic colleagues who share our passion for technology and care for our planet. In return, we offer you great career opportunities to grow yourself in a truly global culture where respect, value creation, collaboration, integrity, and gratitude are highly valued and exhibited in everything we do.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Application Software Development: Contribute to development of existing and new applications by analyzing and identifying areas for modification and improvement. Contribute to development of new applications to meet customer requirements.
• Applications Software Maintenance: Monitor, identify, and correct straightforward software defects to maintain fully functioning applications software.
• Design and Conceptualization: Research and interpret data, trends, and benchmarks relevant to digital products/services design.
• Application Software Roadmap: Maintain road map to facilitate application software development and ensure the development work is prioritized in line with business requirements.
• Faults Diagnosis and Correction: Provide fault isolation and resolution to limit and address issues promptly.
• Work Scheduling and Allocation: Assign short-term work schedules to a team of subordinates in order to achieve expectations while following established timelines.
• Project Management: Work within an established project management plan to achieve specific goals.
• Technical Database Support: Monitor and report on distribution of database resources and provide physical modeling and design services to tune database applications for optimum performance.
• Personal Capability Building: Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation where relevant to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.

Behavioral Competencies

• Tech Savvy: Anticipates and adopts innovations in business-building digital and technology applications. For example, investigates technologies to learn some cutting-edge best practices. Uses digital/social media to benefit the team and add value to the work being done; understands how to avoid misuse of these tools.
• Collaborates: Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. For example, readily involves others to accomplish goals; stays in touch and shares information; discourages "us versus them" thinking; shows appreciation for others' ideas and input.
• Manages Complexity: Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. For example, gathers basic information to understand a problem and find a solution. Seeks to understand and apply systematic problem-solving methods; distinguishes symptoms from underlying problems.
• Cultivates Innovation: Creates new and better ways for the organization to be successful. For example, demonstrates openness to new ideas and ways of looking at things; suggests new and useful ideas or solutions. Learns innovative methods, tools, and technology and applies them to work tasks.

Skills

• Action Planning: Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on developing appropriate plans or performing necessary actions based on recommendations and requirements.
• Assessment: Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on analyzing data from multiple sources to draw appropriate conclusions and make suitable recommendations.
• Application Development: Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on developing software using programming languages.
• IT Testing: Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on ensuring that IT applications meet required specifications by designing, executing and reporting on tests of systems and services.
• IT Support: Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on monitoring, diagnosing and fixing technological problems.
• Verbal Communication: Uses clear and effective verbal communications skills without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on expressing ideas, requesting actions and formulating plans or policies.
• Product Development: Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on developing products using appropriate methods, tools, processes and software.
• Provides Technical Support: Works with full competence to employ customer-oriented behaviors that help engineers connect with their customers in productive and efficient ways, creating positive, defining moments. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
• Service Into Sales: Works with full competence to recognize sales opportunities during service interactions to enhance overall customer service. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
• Troubleshoots Technical Issues: Works with full competence to employ a systematic process for solving technical issues by identifying the problem and selecting an appropriate solution. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
• Computer Skills: Supports business processes with guidance but not constant supervision by understanding and effectively using standard office equipment and standard software packages.
• Customer and Market Analysis: Conducts research and analyzes data with guidance (but not constant supervision) in order to develop a comprehensive understanding of customer and market conditions that enables maximum return on investments.

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Level

General Experience

Sound experience and understanding of straightforward procedures or systems (7 to 12 months)

Managerial Experience

Very limited (0 to 3 months)

Yokogawa is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Yokogawa wants a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture. We will actively recruit, develop, and promote people from a variety of backgrounds who differ in terms of experience, knowledge, thinking styles, perspective, cultural background, and socioeconomic status. We will not discriminate based on race, skin color, age, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, religion, belief, political opinion, nationality, ethnicity, place of origin, disability, family relations or any other circumstances. Yokogawa values differences and enables everyone to belong, contribute, succeed, and demonstrate their full potential.