Director of Engineering - Automation

As Director of Engineering – Automation, at Northvolt, you will play a critical part in supporting and growing people in our Automation team. You will make sure they thrive in their roles and have access to all the tools, training and coaching they need. As somebody with a strong technical background, you will also help guide and shape the design of our solutions and be an important influencer in our technology and architecture choices. You will help us build a strong culture, facilitate technical delivery and work with us to continuously improve the way we work
Responsibilities and Skills:
You will grow and guide a team of engineers through recruitment, coaching, mentoring, establishing healthy processes, and general support.
Work towards ensuring the team is aligned on business needs, delivering the expected value.
Author and review Engineering Design Documentation (Requirement specifications, Functional design, Logic diagrams, Test Cases, Test Records)
Be involved in forming the way we design and implement our systems, both through support and direct involvement in design decisions.
Make sure our way of working and agile development practices are clear, modern and suited to bring out the best of the team.
Be part of the Automation management team and cross-functional collaboration on business needs, deliverables, and culture. You will collaborate with other managers in software, material flow, electrical engineering, IT, and infosec.
Work towards building a friendly, collaborative environment in line with the company culture.
You will have extensive experience within Industrial Automation in process-driven industries such as: Mining, Paper Mill, Semiconductors, Fine Chemicals, Pharma, Food etc
You will have extensive experience with PLC/SCADA programming, especially Siemens, Beckhoff, and ABB 800xA.
You will have extensive experience in OPC connectivity and MES interfaces
You will have extensive experience in writing technical documentation (Requirement specifications, Functional design, UML, Test Cases, Test Records)



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