Senior SCADA Software Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior SCADA Software Engineer

• Focus: Mission-critical, real-time SCADA software for power system operations (24/7)

Description

Join a Real-Time Industrial Solutions team supporting a business-critical SCADA platform used 24/7 to maintain the stability and balance of the European electricity grid. The team develops and maintains solutions for real-time control, monitoring, and integration of power generation and flexible energy assets, enabling grid-balancing mechanisms (FCR, aFRR, mFRR) and real-time communication with Transmission System Operators (TSOs).

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a mission-critical SCADA application for real-time power system operations

• Work across backend and frontend development using SCIL plus HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript/TypeScript

• Design scalable, robust, and maintainable software architectures

• Apply best practices such as SOLID, DRY, KISS, and YAGNI

• Collaborate in an Agile/SAFe environment with developers, analysts, architects, dispatchers, and business stakeholders

• Participate in on-call support after onboarding to help ensure high system availability

• Continuously improve development practices, reliability, and the overall technical environment

Requirements

• Master’s degree in IT, software engineering, electrical engineering, or related technical discipline

• 3+ years of relevant professional experience

• Strong software engineering mindset with an understanding of industrial environments

• Good understanding of electricity generation, transmission, and grid balancing concepts

• Structured, proactive, solution-oriented approach

• Comfortable working in a 24/7, high-responsibility environment where reliability is critical

• Ability to react quickly to incidents and still pursue sustainable long-term solutions

• Strong communication and collaboration with technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Curious, autonomous, and willing to learn new technologies and domain-specific concepts

• Awareness of cybersecurity requirements for ICS/OT environments, including NIS2

Benefits

• Hybrid work flexibility with regular on-site presence in Belgium

• Initial assignment of ~220 working days / 1,760 hours, with potential for long-term collaboration based on performance

• Occasional travel to industrial sites or other European locations