Profile: Senior SCADA Software Engineer

Are you passionate about real-time industrial systems and software craftsmanship?

Join our Realtime Industrial Solutions team and help maintain grid stability across Europe while supporting the transition to zero-carbon energy.

Job context:

• Be part of a dynamic development team responsible for a business-critical SCADA system operating 24/7 to keep the power perimeter balanced across multiple European countries. We aim to extend the geographical scope and integrate more and more smaller and very flexible assets.
• We develop tools to support the real-time control of power plants, to integrate flexibility assets, and to comply with European grid codes to support the energy transition. Our tools are mainly used to:

• monitor production assets and available capacities from power plants

• provide information between TSOs and the real-time SCADA system (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition)

• calculate the real-time setpoint to send to power plants to keep the balance of the perimeter, based on production plans, real-time acquisition, and other inputs (FCR, aFRR, mFRR):

o FCR: Frequency Containment Reserve

o aFRR: Automatic Frequency Restoration Reserve

o mFRR: Manual Frequency Restoration Reserve

Note that similar mechanisms are in place in other countries.

Your specific role:

• The application used to provide the services is based on Hitachi Energy MicroSCADA SYS600.
• The backend development language is proprietary: SCIL (Supervisory Control Implementation Language), and the frontend is web-based.
• The application is web-based. The frontend development is based on HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• As a developer, your role is to:
  • Develop and maintain the SCADA system that keeps the power perimeter in balance
  • Work on both front-end and back-end development using SCIL, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript
  • Apply architectural design principles to build scalable and robust solutions
  • Apply software craftsmanship principles (SOLID, DRY, KISS, YAGNI)
  • Collaborate in an Agile/SAFe® environment with analysts, dispatchers, and technical teams
  • Contribute to on-call support (after onboarding) to ensure system availability and grid stability (24/7 critical systems)

Requested profile:

• You have a master's degree in IT and/or electrical engineering
• You have at least 3 years of relevant experience
• You combine an industrial mindset with strong software engineering practices (architecture, design patterns, etc.)
• You understand the basics of electricity production and grid transport
• You adopt a proactive and structured approach to ensure stability in a high-responsibility environment
• You are solution-driven and take ownership of your tasks
• You are motivated to work in a team responsible for real-time activities
• You are a team player and interact easily with various stakeholders
• You are able to self-learn and take initiative
• You have excellent communication skills (technical and non-technical audiences)

Technical skills:

• Knowledge of programming fundamentals
• SCIL development (backend)
• Web development (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript/TypeScript)
• Version control and CI/CD (e.g., GitHub)

Training on SCIL will be provided at the beginning of the mission.

• Awareness of cybersecurity principles in industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) environments is required (compliance with NIS2 regulation).