Software Engineer

Location: On site / Wijchen, Netherlands
job type: Permanent / Full-time
Sector and subsector: Engineering | General
Salary: Negotiable salary

job type: Permanent / Full-time

Sector and subsector: Engineering | General

Salary: Negotiable salary

Do you already have experience in industrial automation and motion control, and would you like to further develop yourself in building and optimizing high‑speed packaging machines? Do you enjoy working with a multidisciplinary engineering team on customer‑specific solutions, and do you like being involved in commissioning at the customer site, both remotely and on‑site? Then we are looking for you.

As a Software Engineer, you develop, improve, and test the control systems of our packaging machines. You work on complex, high‑speed, high‑precision motion applications, both for new machines and existing concepts. You actively contribute ideas regarding technical choices and improvements.

Together with a multidisciplinary team consisting of engineering and project technicians, you align on machine design and ensure innovative and well‑functioning solutions.

We work with technologies including: Allen Bradley PLCs with motion and Lenze IPC (Codesys) with motion.

• Designing, developing, and optimizing PLC and motion control software for high‑speed packaging machines
• Implementing and configuring Mpac HMI solutions
• Testing software during the workshop testing phase
• Performing IO tests, functional tests, and supporting FAT
• Supporting the commissioning and start‑up of machines at customer sites, both remotely and on‑site (national and international, max. 30% travel time)
• Analyzing technical issues and translating them into practical software solutions
• Contributing to standardization and improvement of software libraries
• Identifying improvement opportunities in performance and reliability

• A challenging role within a professional engineering team in Wijchen
• Competitive salary according to the Metalektro collective agreement, based on your experience
• 27 vacation days and 13 ADV days
• Collective pension scheme and optional insurance plans
• Company laptop
• Sports benefit scheme
• Fun company outings via the staff association

• Completed HBO degree (or MBO‑4) in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or Industrial Automation
• 3 + years of relevant work experience in machine building or industrial automation
• Experience with PLCs, IPCs, motion control, and servomotors (preferably Allen Bradley and/or Lenze IPC) is a plus
• Affinity with commissioning and international start‑ups
• Good command of Dutch and English
• Willingness to travel internationally up to 30% of the time
• Analytical, precise, and communicative

Mpac Langen designs and produces automated packaging machines for companies worldwide. We operate in various segments of the Fast‑Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry, including Healthcare, Food & Beverage, and Pharma. We are part of the Mpac Group, with production facilities in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands, and sales and service offices in Singapore and Thailand. From these locations, we support our customers around the world. Will you strengthen our team?