Automation Engineer
Employer · Belden Inc.
Budapest
This role will support the relocation, modification, restart, and long-term support of production equipment being transferred to Budapest, with primary focus on controls, electrical, and automation-related technical work. A major element of the role will be supporting machinery readiness for safe startup and CE compliance.
Tasks
- Assess transferred equipment controls and electrical condition and identify required modifications prior to startup
- Support troubleshooting, retrofit, recommissioning, and startup of relocated production equipment
- Work with internal and external resources to define and implement controls and electrical changes needed for restart and safe operation
- Support CE readiness activities in coordination with Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, including documentation, validation support, and implementation of required technical changes
- Identify and coordinate controls-related aspects of safety modifications, interlocks, guarding interfaces, and machine protection requirements
- Support commissioning and functional testing of equipment after relocation or modification
- Document controls architecture, field changes, and startup modifications to improve long-term maintainability
- Provide ongoing controls and automation support for manufacturing equipment in Budapest
- Troubleshoot PLC, HMI, drives, sensors, and related industrial control systems
- Support modernization and standardization efforts for aging or inconsistent machine controls
- Help develop a more supportable controls architecture and documentation base over time
- Partner with digitalization efforts where machine connectivity, data collection, or Ignition-related functionality is introduced