Senior Engineer Control SW Development (m/f/d)

REQUISITION ID:  10109
LOCATION: 

Sarriguren, ES, 31621

DEPARTMENT:  Engineering

YOUR TASKS:

  • Investigate and analyse complex control issues in the fleet and develop corrective actions in close cooperation with various departments in an international environment. Identify patterns of faults and deviations to develop preventive actions with a special focus on improving the reliability of our wind turbines.
  • Develop new and improve existing wind turbine control functions based on findings from the fleet analysis.
  • Implementation of control functions according to the requirements on a programmable logic controller (PLC) based on model-based-design and code generation approach. Definition of test and acceptance criteria for the qualification of the closed loop control of the wind turbines. Quality assurance through software tests using SiL, HiL setup in the software laboratory and on site at the wind turbine.
  • Creation of the related software documentation.

 

YOUR PROFILE:

  • MS or Ph.D. degree in Mechanical, Control, Aerospace or Electrical Engineering field.
  • Good experience in PLC software development according to Matlab/Simulink is mandatory and IEC61131 is nice to have. Desirable SW and programming skills in C/ C++, Python, Git, SVN…
  • Good knowledge of industrial communications protocols (Profinet, ModBus TCP, CAN…) is required.
  • Good knowledge on control design techniques (robust control, Kalman filters).
  • Desirable experience on predictive control, fault tolerant control, system identification and machine learning algorithms.
  • Desirable experience with embedded code generation and RT systems for control applications.
  • English (very good written and spoken). Knowing German and/or Spanish will have added advantaged.
  • Independent, reliable and systematic/structured way of working. Strong communication and team skills paired with intercultural competence.
  • Minimum work experience of 5 years.
  • Availability to travel.

YOUR BENEFITS:

In addition to the opportunity to make our world a little more sustainable, we offer you:

*Some offers may vary by location

Nordex adheres to a policy of equal employment opportunity. All employment decisions are made without regard to religion, age, sex, color, national origin, handicap, or other protected class and are in full compliance with all federal and state laws.

ABOUT THE NORDEX GROUP

The manufacture of wind energy plants in the on-shore segment has been our core competence and passion for around 40 years. With more than 57 GW installed capacity worldwide, our turbines supply sustainable energy to more than 80% of the global energy market and we are one of the largest companies in the wind industry. National subsidiaries in more than 40 markets and production facilities in Germany, Spain, Brazil, the USA, Mexico and India offer our more than 10,400 employees the opportunity for international and intercultural cooperation.

We are growing and together driving forward the expansion of alternative energies worldwide - if you wish, from now on with you. Join the #TeamNordex

We look forward to receiving your application! To make it more convenient for you, we are happy to receive your application without a cover letter.