Join Our Team as an Instrumentation Development Engineer
As one of the world’s leading players in the power generation sector, Ansaldo Energia operates as a full-cycle integrated operator with the capacity to build turnkey power plants on greenfield sites. We utilize our own technology, design, production, construction, commissioning, and service resources.
About the Role
We are seeking to strengthen our team in Baden, Switzerland with your expertise and experience. As an Instrumentation Development Engineer, you will be responsible for the development, improvement, and lifecycle support of gas turbine instrumentation. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure robust, reliable, and high-performance instrumentation solutions.
Your Responsibilities:
- Develop new and improve existing gas turbine instrumentation.
- Analyze new engine requirements, project tenders, and customer contracts; consolidate instrumentation needs.
- Drive the development of new instrumentation, from specification and design through to assembly, implementation, commissioning, testing, monitoring, and validation.
- Oversee the complete measurement chain and ensure correct alignment of instrumentation with related system interfaces.
- Advise designers in creating and updating instrumentation documentation and integrating it into the product structure.
- Provide product support and act as the primary contact for instrumentation-related issues from field service, new units, suppliers, manufacturing, quality assurance, and power plant erection or commissioning.
- Perform root-cause analysis and technical problem-solving, including the analysis of instrumentation signals and machine operational data.
Your Profile:
- University degree in mechanical engineering, preferably with a focus on aerospace, mechatronics, robotics, turbomachinery, process technology, or energy technology.
- Strong expertise in sensor integration design and measurement-chain engineering for harsh environments.
- Preference for knowledge in dynamic measurement chains for rotor vibration and acoustics.
- Practical experience in power plant, gas turbine, or aero-engine applications is beneficial.
- Knowledge of 3D CAD tools; experience with Siemens NX® is a plus.
- Ability to work in distributed, multidisciplinary teams with complex interfaces.
- Experience in measurement signal and data analysis; familiarity with LabVIEW® and MATLAB® is advantageous.
- Skills in root-cause analysis and structured problem-solving methods.
- Willingness to travel to power plants, construction sites, the factory in Genoa (Italy), or suppliers, approximately once per month, occasionally for up to two weeks.
- Excellent command of English; knowledge of German is advantageous; Italian is a plus.
Your Benefits:
- Work with passionate individuals committed to excellence.
- Participate in environmentally sustainable initiatives.
- Engage in challenging and rewarding work.
- Contribute to attractive and exciting products.
- Collaborate with international colleagues.
- Enjoy flexible working conditions.
- Work in a beautiful small Swiss city rich in culture and history, located in the heart of Switzerland, close to the metropolises of Zurich and Basel.
Apply online using the form below. Only applications matching the job profile will be considered.