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Senior Engineer for Control Systems(m/w/x)
Designing and implementing the Integrated Protection Safety System for advanced telescope control. Proven control system design and integration experience required. Work with multidisciplinary teams on high-performance control architectures.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering, control engineering, software engineering, or related discipline
- Proven experience in control system design and system integration
- Strong understanding of industrial hardware standards and components
- Strong understanding of communication concepts and protocols (CAN, TCP/IP over ProfiNET, Modbus)
- Strong understanding of high-level concepts (OPC UA, CORBA)
- Experience in HMI/SCADA design and integration
- Proficiency in C, C++, Java, or Python
- Experience in commissioning and operations of complex control systems
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and system-level thinking skills
- Strong collaboration and communication abilities in multidisciplinary and multinational environment
- Excellent communication skills
- Command of English
- Experience with MATLAB/Simulink and LabVIEW
- Experience with embedded systems, PLCs, and real-time operating environments
- Experience in telescopes and astronomical observatories, particle accelerators, or high-precision scientific facilities
- Experience with data acquisition
- Experience with control frameworks such as EPICS, TANGO, or Alma Common Software is desirable
- Understanding of functional safety standards (IEC 61508, ISO 13849)
- Understanding of CE certification
- Knowledge of cybersecurity practices in networked control systems is ideal
Tasks
- Contribute to advanced control and safety systems development
- Ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operation of CTAO telescopes
- Work with multidisciplinary teams on high-performance control architectures
- Report to the head of Computing and interface with engineering groups
- Continue designing and implementing the Integrated Protection Safety System
- Define telescope-level use cases and operational scenarios
- Collaborate with instrument contributors to evolve control designs
- Guide in-kind contributor developers for compliance with standards
- Contribute to engineering Human-Machine Interface (HMI) definitions
- Upgrade engineering HMIs across telescope systems
- Provide technical advice on control algorithms and condition monitoring
- Enhance telescope performance and reliability
Work Experience
- 10 years
Education
- Bachelor's degreeOR
- Master's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- CAN
- TCP/IP
- ProfiNET
- Modbus
- OPC UA
- CORBA
- HMI
- SCADA
- C
- C++
- Java
- Python
- MATLAB
- Simulink
- LabVIEW
- embedded systems
- PLCs
- EPICS
- TANGO
- Alma Common Software
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Senior Engineer for Control Systems(m/w/x)
Designing and implementing the Integrated Protection Safety System for advanced telescope control. Proven control system design and integration experience required. Work with multidisciplinary teams on high-performance control architectures.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering, control engineering, software engineering, or related discipline
- Proven experience in control system design and system integration
- Strong understanding of industrial hardware standards and components
- Strong understanding of communication concepts and protocols (CAN, TCP/IP over ProfiNET, Modbus)
- Strong understanding of high-level concepts (OPC UA, CORBA)
- Experience in HMI/SCADA design and integration
- Proficiency in C, C++, Java, or Python
- Experience in commissioning and operations of complex control systems
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and system-level thinking skills
- Strong collaboration and communication abilities in multidisciplinary and multinational environment
- Excellent communication skills
- Command of English
- Experience with MATLAB/Simulink and LabVIEW
- Experience with embedded systems, PLCs, and real-time operating environments
- Experience in telescopes and astronomical observatories, particle accelerators, or high-precision scientific facilities
- Experience with data acquisition
- Experience with control frameworks such as EPICS, TANGO, or Alma Common Software is desirable
- Understanding of functional safety standards (IEC 61508, ISO 13849)
- Understanding of CE certification
- Knowledge of cybersecurity practices in networked control systems is ideal
Tasks
- Contribute to advanced control and safety systems development
- Ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operation of CTAO telescopes
- Work with multidisciplinary teams on high-performance control architectures
- Report to the head of Computing and interface with engineering groups
- Continue designing and implementing the Integrated Protection Safety System
- Define telescope-level use cases and operational scenarios
- Collaborate with instrument contributors to evolve control designs
- Guide in-kind contributor developers for compliance with standards
- Contribute to engineering Human-Machine Interface (HMI) definitions
- Upgrade engineering HMIs across telescope systems
- Provide technical advice on control algorithms and condition monitoring
- Enhance telescope performance and reliability
Work Experience
- 10 years
Education
- Bachelor's degreeOR
- Master's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- CAN
- TCP/IP
- ProfiNET
- Modbus
- OPC UA
- CORBA
- HMI
- SCADA
- C
- C++
- Java
- Python
- MATLAB
- Simulink
- LabVIEW
- embedded systems
- PLCs
- EPICS
- TANGO
- Alma Common Software
About the Company
CTAO Central Organisation
Industry
Science
Description
The CTAO Central Organisation develops and operates advanced control, monitoring, and safety systems for CTAO telescopes and array elements.
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