MES Developer — AI-Driven Factory Digitalization

UNILIN; Town of Belgium (WI); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Electric company car

Luncheon vouchers

Group insurance

Bike leasing

Training centre/The Dive

Job summary

UNILIN is seeking a Developer within the IT Manufacturing team to shape the digitalization of our production environments. You will build, maintain and enhance our MES Shopfloor Control across factories to drive manufacturing excellence, efficiency and data-driven operations on the shop floor.

You will collaborate with analysts, product owners and other developers, participating in agile ceremonies and contributing to system integrations with PLC/SCADA/OPC/MQTT while keeping code quality high

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering or similar.
• Experience with .NET (C#), Angular and preferably Oracle (PL/SQL).
• Strong understanding of SQL and database concepts.
• Interest in modern software development practices (cloud-native, CI/CD, service-oriented architecture).
• Curious about AI in software development.
• Interest in manufacturing environments and industrial processes.
• Familiar with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Strong analytical skills with a pragmatic, solution-oriented mindset.
• Ownership mindset and delivering high-quality work.
• Assertive and capable of challenging ideas to improve solutions and ways of working.
• Strong communication skills and collaboration with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Fluent in Dutch and English (French is a plus).

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and enhance applications using .NET (C#), Angular and Oracle (PL/SQL).
• Translate functional requirements and user stories into robust, scalable solutions.
• Collaborate with analysts, product owners, architects and other developers.
• Participate in agile ceremonies (2-week sprints, refinements, reviews and demos).
• Contribute to design and integrations with shopfloor systems (PLC, SCADA, OPC, MQTT).
• Ensure high standards in code quality, performance, security and maintainability.
• Modernize software architecture and development practices.
• Explore and apply AI to improve and accelerate development.
• Support testing activities and resolve issues with root-cause analysis.

Skills

C#

Angular

SQL

Oracle PL/SQL

Cloud-native

CI/CD

SOA

Agile/Scrum

AI in software development

Dutch & English

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

Oracle (PL/SQL)

Job description

UNILIN is seeking a Developer within the IT Manufacturing team to shape the digitalization of our production environments. You will build, maintain and enhance our MES Shopfloor Control across factories to drive manufacturing excellence, efficiency and data-driven operations on the shop floor.

You will collaborate with analysts, product owners and other developers, participating in agile ceremonies and contributing to system integrations with PLC/SCADA/OPC/MQTT while keeping code quality high