Mechatronics Engineer Full Time Jobs

Mechatronics Engineer – Brackenfell, Cape Town.

The company seeks to employ a young enthusiastic automation system integrator to be located at their Head Office based in Brackenfell, Western Cape.

The responsibilities of this post will include:

• Working with the project planning team to formulate practical project solutions and project roll out timelines.
• Assist with control panel layouts, electrical circuit designs, electrical schematics and electrical drawings.
• Carrying out the coding and integration of programmable logic controllers into various project panels including motor control (variable speed drives) panels, irrigation automation panels and other automation control panels.
• In-house post panel production testing and setup.
• Assisting the team of system installers (electricians and technicians) with on-site installation, programming, setup and commissioning of projects throughout Southern Africa.
• Provide input into the development of new products as well as the improvement to existing products.
• Assisting the technical team and providing our clients with after sales service and product backup.

Interested candidates should:

• Have completed a degree in Mechatronics, Electrical or Mechanical engineering (final year graduates, not necessarily with work experience, will certainly be considered).
• Have an interest in PLC programming and an understanding of Modbus RTU / Modbus TCP/IP.
• Have an interest in the workings, programming and applications of Variable Speed Drives making use of both solar (PV) and grid power.
• Have an understanding of system networking (wifi/ethernet).
• Have good administration skills and the ability to prepare product manuals and maintain project documentation.
• Be a logical thinker and a team player.
• Be hard working and dedicated to meet project timelines.
• Have a valid drivers’ licence and be willing to travel both locally and abroad.
• The ability to code in Java, Python, C#, C++ and other coding languages and an understanding of databases (SQL) would be beneficial but is not a prerequisite.
• Be self-driven with the view to offering the company improvements to products and systems.
• Be bilingual in Afrikaans and English and have the ability to communicate with both clients and company personnel.