Junior Industrial Automation Engineer

About the role

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Responsibilities

• Develop, program, test, and deploy PLC-based control systems for industrial and commercial applications.
• Integrate PLCs with SCADA, EMS, BMS, and field devices.
• Develop EMS hardware prototypes to improve cost efficiency, reliability, and communication performance.
• Design solutions to minimize communication downtime and improve system availability.
• Evaluate and implement communication architectures for industrial environments.
• Support field deployment and performance validation of EMS solutions.
• Conduct R&D on Raspberry Pi and ESP32-based embedded systems and IoT applications.
• Develop and implement industrial communication protocols, including Modbus RTU/TCP.
• Design and integrate RS-485-to-Ethernet communication gateways.
• Research, prototype, and deploy LoRaWAN, LoRa Mesh Networks, and Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks.
• Develop standalone monitoring and control systems with integrated battery backup.
• Optimize power consumption, system reliability, battery life, and charge-discharge cycle performance.
• Perform hardware validation, testing, and lifecycle analysis.
• Develop wireless temperature monitoring sensors and sensor networks for HVAC applications.
• Develop PLC/PI-based control strategies for HVAC equipment optimization.
• Integrate temperature sensors with BMS, EMS, and cloud-based monitoring platforms.
• Support testing, calibration, and field deployment of HVAC automation solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation, Mechatronics, Embedded Systems, or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of PLC programming and industrial automation.
• Experience with ESP32, microcontrollers, and embedded firmware development.
• Knowledge of Modbus RTU/TCP, RS-485, and Ethernet communication.
• Experience with LoRaWAN, LoRa Mesh, or wireless IoT communication technologies.
• Understanding of HVAC systems and industrial control applications.

Required Skills