Software Automation Engineer – OPC UA & Industrial Connectivity

We at WeQuel are now looking for a Software Automation Engineer with strong skills in OPC UA, MQTT and Ignition. You will join the client’s Production Automation Engineering team and integrate robotic manufacturing systems into a modern, connected production environment. Your focus will be IT/OT connectivity: building and developing solutions for standardized data exchange between the machine level (PLC) and systems such as MES and ERP.

As a consultant with us, you will work with one of our clients, a global leader in industrial robotics and automation. You will help shape the smart factory of the future, working where automation and software meet, together with automation, IT and production teams.

Your responsibilities:

Integration and connectivity

• Integrate robotic manufacturing systems, with a focus on OPC UA and MQTT-based communication

• Ensure standardized, robust data exchange between the PLC, MES and ERP levels

• Troubleshoot, optimize and document communication solutions in a production environment

Development and information modeling

• Develop and configure solutions in Ignition

• Design and implement OPC UA information models

Collaboration

• Work with automation, IT and production teams to drive digitalization forward

• Explain technical solutions to both technical and non-technical colleagues

Requirements:

• Experience in industrial automation and IT/OT integration

• Strong knowledge of OPC UA, including information modeling

• Experience with MQTT and message-based communication

• Hands-on experience with Ignition (Inductive Automation)

• Understanding of how PLC, MES and ERP systems interact in a manufacturing environment

• University degree in automation, electrical engineering, computer engineering or a related field, or equivalent professional experience

• Strong communication skills in English, spoken and written

Meritorious:

• Experience from robotics, automotive or manufacturing industries

• Knowledge of ISA-95, Unified Namespace (UNS) or Sparkplug B

• Programming experience in Python, C#, JavaScript or SQL

• PLC programming experience (e.g. Siemens, Rockwell, ABB)

• Ignition certification

• Swedish language skills

Assignment details:

• Start date: To be confirmed

• End date: To be confirmed

• Workload: 100%

• Location: To be confirmed

We offer:
At WeQuel, you become part of a consulting team that values people first – we believe success is created through engagement, collaboration and development. We offer a flat organization with short decision paths, a strong sense of community and the opportunity to influence your own development.

Suggested application questions, in the same style as your other jobs:

• Have you designed and implemented OPC UA information models in a production environment?

• Do you have hands-on experience developing solutions in Ignition (Inductive Automation)?

• Have you worked with MQTT-based communication between PLC, MES and ERP levels?

• Do you have the right to work within the EU/EEA without requiring a work permit?

• Do you speak and write English fluently?