KION Group

R&D Controls Software Engineer (m/f/d)

KION Group  •  Heusenstamm, DE (Onsite)  •  4 hours ago
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Job Description

The CTO Product Development team supporting IAS seeks to hire an R&D Controls Software Engineer(m/w/d). Responsibilities are development, support, and delivery of control software for automated systems and material handling products.

We offer:

  • Benefits of an International MDax Group (KION Group)
  • Plenty of room for creativity in a rapidly growing company
  • Flexible and mobile working
  • Individual support and development
  • Employee discounts

Tasks and Qualifications:

What You Will do in This Role:

  • Analyze customer requirements, user stories, and project specifications to define software and controls solutions.
  • Design, develop, test, and optimize PLC and control system software for industrial automation applications.
  • Execute functional, integration, stability, and scalability testing to ensure product reliability and performance.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve software, controls, networking, and system integration issues identified internally or by customers.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional engineering, product development, and field teams throughout the product lifecycle.
  • Create and maintain technical documentation, including software architecture, system design, and user guidance.
  • Provide technical expertise and support to engineering teams, field resources, and business partners.
  • Mentor and support junior engineers in software engineering principles, controls development, and PLC programming practices.
  • Utilize diagnostic, simulation, and network analysis tools to validate system performance and identify root causes.
  • Ensure software quality, maintainability, and compliance with engineering standards, best practices, and development processes.

What We’re Looking For:

  • Minimum 5 years of experience in controls software engineering.
  • Experience working within a team environment and ability to take a lead role in controls system development, and support.
  • Experience in PLC programming with a software focus, specifically in Siemens or Rockwell, is required.
  • Experience with at least one high-level programming language (C#, or Python).
  • Experience developing and maintaining unit and integration tests.
KION Group

About KION Group

Are looking to make your move? Then you’ve come to the right place! We are the KION Group, and the world of supply chain solutions is our home. KION is shaping world trade – globally, regionally, locally. We ensure that supply chains reach their full potential: fast, efficient, smart, sustainable and reliable.

Our 42,000 employees make a real difference, helping us to become who we are today: The Supply Chain Solutions Company. Our people’s passion is innovating, automating, and orchestrating solutions for our customers’ supply chains.

Would you like to be part of our international team? We can offer you interesting jobs and exciting career opportunities in an innovative, rapidly-growing, and forward-looking industry.

With us, you benefit from numerous development opportunities in a global group, including the possibility of working at one of our locations abroad on a temporary basis. Regardless of which of our sites you work at, the KION values—integrity, collaboration, courage, and excellence—shape how we act and how we work with colleagues, managers, customers, suppliers, and applicants both at home and abroad.

KION is the architect of global, regional and local supply chains. Our brands are well established:

Dematic is the global leader in intelligent supply chain and automation solutions. The Linde Material Handling and STILL brands serve the premium and higher value segments of the industrial truck market. Baoli focuses on industrial trucks in the lower value and economy segments.

As a provider of comprehensive supply chain solutions with a worldwide service network, KION has a global presence and a regional focus on the needs of its customers. KION brands keep the world moving.

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Industry
Manufacturing & Production
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Frankfurt/Main, DE
Year Founded
2006
Website
kiongroup.com
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