Industrial Automation Engineer – Automation Project Management

About Multiply Teknik & IT

Multiply Teknik & IT is a Stockholm-based engineering and IT consultancy delivering high-value solutions to customers within the industrial and healthcare sectors. Our mission is to maximize customer value through innovation technical excellence and structured delivery.

We provide advanced solutions and services spanning industrial automation business process consulting cybersecurity training cloud technologies mechatronic design and proprietary tools such as VisFlowa leading platform for flow visualization simulation and analytics.

Role Overview

Multiply Teknik & IT is seeking a senior Industrial Automation Engineer with strong experience in automation project execution and project management. This role is well-suited for a technically hands-on professional who can both deep-dive into existing automation systems and take ownership of delivery coordination and technical leadership in customer projects.

You will work on-site with customer teams primarily focusing on reverse engineering debugging restructuring and optimizing existing production logic to ensure systems are lean robust maintainable and compliant with best parallel you will act as a technical driver in automation projectssupporting planning coordination and execution across stakeholders.

The role centers around Siemens TIA Portal where you will analyze legacy systems identify inefficiencies and either refactor or rebuild solutions to meet modern automation and production requirements.

This is a 4-month contract with an immediate start. Freelancers and candidates seeking a short-term assignment are welcome to apply.

Key Responsibilities

Automation Engineering & Architecture

• Architect PPAP-compliant software systems enforcing folder structures coding standards and best practices.

• Reverse engineer and refactor existing PLC programs to improve performance reliability and maintainability.

• Design modular reusable automation architectures for scalable production systems.

• Implement robust signal modeling using reusable UDTs and comprehensive alarm handling concepts.

Simulation & Commissioning

• Drive simulation and virtual commissioning workflows to validate system behavior prior to deployment.

• Utilize tools such as SIMIT (experience highly valued) to de-risk commissioning phases.

System Integration

• Ensure deterministic communication and fail-safe restart behavior for high system availability.

• Implement DIDRIK interfaces according to MEC and signal specifications including sequence control gap handling and NOK/reject logic.

• Integrate automation systems with MES and EBBA ensuring traceability data consistency and multi-variant logic.

Graph & Code Quality

• Own graph programming standards ensuring correct transitions vertical flow logic non-empty steps and consistent naming conventions.

• Perform structured code reviews of FBs FCs and Graphs to ensure compliance with internal and customer standards.

Automation Project Management

• Act as a technical lead within automation projects supporting planning task breakdown and execution follow-up.

• Coordinate closely with customer stakeholders suppliers and internal teams to ensure alignment on scope milestones and technical decisions.

• Support risk identification technical decision-making and change handling during project execution.

• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to knowledge sharing within project teams.

Technical Requirements

• 7 years of hands-on experience with Siemens TIA Portal in industrial automation projects.

• Strong background in process automation and discrete manufacturing systems.

• Proven experience reprogramming optimizing and modernizing existing production systems.

• Demonstrated ability to architect structured modular and reusable PLC software.

• Experience with SIMIT and virtual commissioning is a strong advantage.

• Track record of delivering automation projects with MES integration traceability and multi-variant logic.

• Experience working in environments with formal standards documentation and quality requirements.

Soft Skills & Professional Attributes

• Strong technical leadership and mentoring capabilities.

• Experience working close to customers in on-site project-driven environments.

• Ability to bridge technical detail and project-level discussions with stakeholders.

• Structured analytical and solution-oriented working style.

• High level of accountability adaptability and collaboration.

Why Multiply Teknik & IT

• Work on technically advanced automation projects with leading industrial customers.

• Combine deep technical engineering with project-level influence and ownership.

• Join a consultancy focused on quality innovation and long-term customer value.

• Flexible engagement model suitable for senior consultants and freelancers.