Senior Engineer Control Software Development (m/f/d)
Sarriguren, ES, 31621 Rostock, DE, 18057 Hamburg, DE, 22419
As (Senior) Engineer Control Software Development you will work within the Control Design Department, you will be part of the software development team for the control and automation technology of the wind turbine.
YOUR TASKS
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- 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
- MSc or Ph.D. degree in Mechanical, Control, Aeorospace 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
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in control software development
- 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 Coding Generation and RT systems for Control Applications
- English (very good written and spoken), ideally skills in Spanish and/or German as well
- Independent, reliable and systematic/structured way of working
- Strong communication and team skills paired with intercultural competence
YOUR BENEFITS:
In addition to the opportunity to make our world a little more sustainable, we offer you:
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