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# Software Engineer - Automation Controls

- **Company:** PDQ Engineering Recruitment & Training Services Lt
- **Location:** Reading, UK
- **Salary:** £55,000.0 - £65,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computing Platforms, Delphi (Programming Language), C Sharp (Programming Language), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Visual Basic .NET (Programming Language), Pascal (Programming Language), Commercial Software, Vba Programming Language, Process Control Systems, Visual Basic Language
- **Published:** July 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5783965992

## About the Role

Software Engineer This role would suit an more mature Software Engineer who has worked on industrial or Automation, process production type environments that knows about PLC's SCADA, Controls type engineering applications rather than purely commercial software. Whether your background is in Pascal, Visual Basic, (VB6) Delphi, VB.NET or C#, you will have a passion for developing robust software that interfaces with real-world equipment and industrial control systems. Experience of industrial instrumentation, weighing technology, process control or automation is highly desirable but not essential. Most importantly, you will enjoy solving complex technical problems, supporting customers and helping modernise a well-established software platform that is used in mission-critical industrial environments. FULL Details Job Spec available to suitable candidates



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