Lead Controls (HW/SW) Product Engineering

Assignment description

As a key member of our global Product Engineering team, you will take a leading role in defining, maintaining, and enhancing best practices. Leveraging cutting-edge technology and advanced tools, you will drive innovation in control systems and help shape the future of intralogistics for innovative and forward-thinking customers. Your tasks include:

• Act as the subject matter expert in control systems (PLC software and electrical Hardware), providing technical advice and ensuring best practices are followed.
• Drive harmonization and improvements of the product engineering processes and workflows by standards and practices across all product lines and locations to ensure consistency, quality, and efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with quality standards and technical specifications.
• Defining requirements for product development as well as the further development of our engineering toolchain.
• Foster growth and upskilling within the controls product engineering colleagues by mentoring, coaching, and facilitating knowledge sharing.
• Initiate and drive global projects and initiatives for harmonization and standardization in the area of controls engineering.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Product Development and Controls Software. Ensure coordinated feedback flow from project realization into product development.
• Monitor and evaluate emerging technical trends and innovations, aligning them with the company’s strategic goals.

What you need to succeed

• A relevant degree, such as in electrical or automation engineering, and professional experience in similar roles, ideally within the logistics automation industry.
• A collaborative mindset with a strong willingness to learn and identify opportunities to enhance team performance, products, projects, and processes.
• Solution-oriented and assertive personality with strategic vision and passion for collaborating in international teams
• Strong teamwork abilities, excellent communication skills, and a passion for inspiring and convince others
• Project and time management skills to handle multiple concurrent tasks.

• Willingness to occasionally travel between our locations in Sweden, Germany and Austria.

• Assignment

  Lead Controls (HW/SW) Product Engineering

• Company

  Sigma Technology Embedded Solutions

• Location

  Östergötlands län, Sweden

• Competence area

  Hardware Electronics, Software development

• Language requirements

  Swedish/English

• Start date

  ASAP

• Duration date

  12 months + possibility of extension

• Publication date

  2026-09-10

• Expiration date

  2026-09-30

• Work load

  100%

• Contact

  Martin Karlsson, martin.karlsson@sigmatechnology.com, 46736870600