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# Automation & Industrial IT Engineer / Specialist

- **Company:** PFASuiki GmbH
- **Location:** Planegg, Germany
- **Salary:** €57,000.0 - €78,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), Data Analysis, Backup Devices, Cyber Security, Data Systems, Desktop Computing, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Operational Data Store, Release Management, Rslogix, Structured Programming, Systems Integration, Control Structures, Information Technology, Software Version Control
- **Published:** September 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.xing.com/jobs/oberhaching-automation-industrial-engineer-specialist-158115540

## About the Role

* Degree, technician, Meister, vocational or equivalent qualification in automation, electrical engineering, mechatronics, industrial IT, computer science or a related field

 * Practical experience programming and commissioning PLC-controlled industrial or process equipment

 * Strong PLC programming skills, including structured programming, process sequences, control loops and online diagnostics

 * Experience developing HMI or SCADA applications and working with industrial data

 * Experience with industrial communications and equipment integration

 * Practical understanding of networks, computers, backups, access control and cybersecurity

 * Methodical, hands-on approach to troubleshooting across software, networks, PLCs and field devices

 * Professional English; German is a plus for site work and supplier coordination

 * Structured approach to software testing, version control, release management and documentation

Bonus:

 * Functional safety or safety PLC experience

 * Data analysis or automated engineering reporting experience

 * Experience managing IT systems in a startup, laboratory or engineering environment, If you combine strong automation skills with a hands-on engineering mindset and enjoy taking ownership, we want to hear from you.

## Description

We are looking for an Automation & Industrial IT Engineer / Specialist to develop the control, automation and data systems behind our pilot systems and future commercial products. You will take hands-on responsibility for PLC and SCADA development, equipment integration, operational data systems, testing and commissioning.

Tasks

 * Develop, test and maintain PLC software for operating modes, sequences, control loops, alarms, interlocks and trips

 * Build practical HMI and SCADA applications for plant control, monitoring, alarms, trends and fault diagnosis

 * Integrate sensors, field devices and packaged equipment into the control system

 * Perform I/O checks and troubleshoot issues across software, communications, PLC hardware and field devices

 * Maintain systems for collecting, storing, backing up and accessing pilot and plant operational data

 * Support company networks, devices, user access and backups in collaboration with external providers where required

 * Prepare software tests and support FAT, dry and wet testing, startup and on-site commissioning

 * Maintain structured documentation, including source code, backups, software releases, control descriptions, test results and network records


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