Programmer - Software Engineer

Bekaert (www.bekaert.com) is a world market and technology leader in steel wire transformation and coating technologies. We pursue to be the preferred supplier for our steel wire products and solutions by continuously delivering superior value to our customers worldwide. Bekaert (Euronext Brussels: BEKB) is a global company with more than 27 000 employees worldwide, headquarters in Belgium and € 4.4 billion in combined revenue in 2020.

About the role

Your Impact as Programmer Software Engineer

You will work closely with the Global Design Manager, design engineers, designers, and technology experts. You contribute to the continuous improvement of our technology and to new developments. With your knowledge and commitment, you will grow into a global expert who helps to realize important design projects in an international team environment.

Your duties:

• Implementation, documentation, and validation in production environment of machine software adaptations. This software runs on ~10k machines worldwide.
• Upgrade projects to bring old equipment in line with modern safety/quality standards, which is a building block for increasing the intelligence of our equipment globally
• Dimensioning, implementation, and validation of energy saving projects (e.g., high efficiency motors) on install base
• Understand the requirement and existing solution
• Preparation of Electrical design draft document with BOM
• Developing or adapting PLC program
• Committing the changes on SVN
• Development or adapting the HMI program
• Preparation of SDD document
• Developing the PILZ Program
• Testing and validation of program on Proto Machine
• Communicating to various stakeholder
• Field trials at various plant location
• Work on Axel logic lab IEC 61131
• Work on TI Code composer
• SAP code creation request for new material

About You

Essential skills & competences

• You hold a bachelor or master’s degree in engineering in control technology/automation/mechatronics.
• You have 3+ years experience in a relevant position.
• You have good knowledge of programming (C, IEC61131) languages.
• You can work independently but also a team player.
• You are characterized by your results-oriented and hands-on way of working.
• You are very analytical, creative & problem-solving person.

What is in it for you?

• A competitive salary with benefits
• Learning programs developed by our L&D department
• A great opportunity to play your part in an international growth story
• A chance to grow along with your responsibilities (national or international)
• Cool colleagues all over the world

Why join us?

At Bekaert, we are on a journey to establish the new possible. And to achieve this, we need passionate people that are eager to grow beyond their capabilities. We want people that are brave and willing to explore the unknown, even if it means failing sometimes. People that are ready to bring their whole self to work and are not afraid of expressing their opinions but also value the power of synergies, different perspectives & team spirit.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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