Automation Engineer

Efovinity Inc

Automation Engineer developing Siemens PLC software for intelligent robotic systems at Sunrise Robotics. Collaborating across engineering teams to transition robotic prototypes into deployable systems.

Posted 5/25/2026full-timeLjubljana • 🇸🇮 SloveniaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop and maintain Siemens PLC software using TIA Portal, writing code that is structured, readable, and built to be handed over.
Create and manage electrical schematics in EPLAN Electric P8, ensuring plans are complete, accurate, and aligned with what the build and deployment teams actually need.
Own PLC version control workflows - establishing and maintaining the practices that keep automation software traceable and recoverable.
Set up communication protocols including IO-Link, Profisafe, and Profinet, and interface with external controllers such as VFDs, remote I/O, and IO-Link devices.
Support R&D on automation and hardware architecture decisions for robotic cells, contributing from the controls and electrical perspective early in the design process.
Commission and troubleshoot cells during delivery and deployment, including on-site at customer facilities.
Lead or support Factory Acceptance Tests, ensuring cells meet specification before handoff.
Diagnose and resolve customer hardware issues, working closely with Forward Deploy and Operational Support Engineers in the field.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Siemens certifications in PLC programming or TIA Portal.
Safety certifications or formal training in functional safety.
Knowledge of functional safety standards beyond the minimum required by the role.
Familiarity with robot controllers and how they interface with PLC-based control architectures.

Benefits

Comp & perks

High exposure: Work across the full development-to-delivery lifecycle, collaborating directly with mechanical, safety, software, and product teams on systems that reach live production environments.
Career acceleration: Build breadth across both R&D and deployment in a fast-moving robotics company - the kind of exposure that takes years to accumulate at a larger organisation.
Real impact: The reliability of every cell we ship depends on the quality of the controls and electrical work underneath it. That's yours to own.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Siemens PLC programmingTIA PortalEPLAN Electric P8communication protocolsIO-LinkProfisafeProfinetrobot controllerstroubleshootingFactory Acceptance Tests

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationattention to detail

Certifications

Siemens certificationssafety certificationsfunctional safety training