Technical Requirements

Mandatory Skills & Experience

Industrial Automation

• Conversant with Siemens S7-1200 PLC programming

• Experience with VFDs:

  • Mitsubishi

  • Delta

• Strong understanding of industrial sensors:

  • Pressure sensors

  • Flow sensors

  • Proximity sensors

  • Ultrasonic sensors

  • Load cells

• Ability to design and validate machine interlocks, sequencing, and safety logic

Embedded & IoT Systems

• Hands-on experience with ESP32 using ESP-IDF

• Firmware development and debugging for machine control applications

• Experience using Raspberry Pi for IoT gateways or edge computing

• Familiarity with MQTT-based communication

• Integration with AWS IoT for:

  • Device communication

  • Telemetry

  • Remote diagnostics (basic level)

System Testing & Validation

• Ability to test machines in factory (P2) before dispatch

• Perform functional testing, I/O validation, and sequence verification

• Support FAT-related activities where required

Documentation

• Ability to document Sequence of Operations (SOO)

• Maintain clear technical documentation for:

  • Control logic

  • Automation workflows

  • Testing and validation notes

Support & Troubleshooting

• Provide Level-3 technical support to service teams and customers when required

• Root-cause analysis of automation, sensor, communication, or logic issues

• Support commissioning and troubleshooting during critical escalations

Explicitly Not Required

• PCB design or schematic design

• Low-level electronics or hardware layout work

Soft Skill Requirements

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

• Practical, hands-on mindset suited to industrial machinery

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

• Clear communication with:

  • Design

  • Production

  • Service

• Comfortable documenting logic and explaining systems to non-programmers

• Willingness to support machines beyond the design phase (ownership mindset)

• Calm and structured approach during breakdown or escalation scenarios

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automation logic using PLC and embedded platforms

• Implement and validate control logic involving PLCs, ESP32, sensors, and VFDs

• Integrate machine automation with IoT systems using Raspberry Pi and AWS IoT

• Define and document machine sequence of operations

• Conduct factory testing at P2 prior to machine dispatch

• Support service teams during commissioning and escalated customer issues

• Troubleshoot automation, communication, and sensor-related faults

• Continuously improve automation architecture for reliability and scalability

Preferred Candidate Profile (Summary)

• Background in Electrical, Electronics, Mechatronics, or Automation Engineering

• Experience in industrial equipment or machine automation

• Comfortable working across PLC, embedded firmware, and IoT layers

• Interested in evolving beyond traditional PLC-only automation