Software Systems Engineer

Rugeley - hybrid working available (3 days a week in the office)

Responsibilities

Establish detailed knowledge of customer automation footprints, and their ongoing needs for investment and support
Design, validate and present automation solutions for greenfield and upgrade scenarios
Effectively communicate different aspects of automation value propositions to a mix of customer roles, including non-technical people
Evangelise our key partners' (GE Digital, Emerson Machine Control) products to customer technical teams and influencers
Support sales and marketing efforts by building and delivering demonstration solutions for key customers and markets
Provide support and consultative services to systems integration partners that work with Emerson and GE technologies
Help Novotek sales colleagues identify and qualify automation product opportunities in their customer and prospect base.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in science, engineering, technology or related discipline or equivalent industrial experience such as a minimum of five (5) years' experience within a hands-on automation role.
Substantial hands-on experience with PLC or other automation controllers, including HMI, within industry. This should include all aspects from customer requirements gathering, initial system design, implementation, testing, commissioning through to on-going support. Ideally this should include exposure to SCADA systems.
Ideal candidates will have experience working with GE (now Emerson) PACSystems RX3i, Series 90 or other platforms, and iFIX or CIMPLICITY SCADA.
The ability to program in at least one IEC 1131 language
Practical exposure to OPC communications, ideally OPC UA
Exposure to relevant automation standards such as ISA 95, ISA 101 (HMI), ISA 18.2 (Alarm Management), ISA 62443 (Security) and IEC 1131.
Experience of any of the following would be beneficial:
Machine safety
Device level networks
Motion control solutions
High availability architectures