Join Our Team as an Instrumentation Development Engineer
As one of the world’s leading players in the power generation sector, Ansaldo Energia stands out as a full-cycle integrated operator with the capabilities to build turnkey power plants on greenfield sites. Leveraging our proprietary technology and independent design, production, construction, commissioning, and service resources, we are committed to delivering exceptional energy solutions.
We invite you to strengthen our team in Baden, Switzerland, with your expertise and experience as our Instrumentation Development Engineer.
About the Role
In this role, you will be responsible for gas turbine instrumentation. As an Instrumentation Development Engineer, you will play a key part in the development, enhancement, and lifecycle support of gas turbine instrumentation. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure the delivery of 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 assembly, implementation, commissioning, testing, monitoring, and validation.
- Oversee the complete measurement chain and ensure correct alignment of instrumentation with related system interfaces.
- Advise designers on creating and updating instrumentation documentation and integration 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 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 knowledge in sensor integration design and measurement-chain engineering for harsh environments.
- Preferably, expertise in dynamic measurement chains for rotor vibration and acoustics.
- Practical experience in power plant, gas turbine, or aero-engine applications is advantageous.
- Proficiency in 3D CAD tools; experience with Siemens NX® is a plus.
- Able to work in distributed, multidisciplinary teams with complex interfaces.
- Experience in measurement signal and data analysis; familiarity with LabVIEW® and MATLAB® is beneficial.
- Skills in root-cause analysis and structured problem-solving methods.
- Willingness to travel to power plants, construction sites, our factory in Genoa (Italy), or suppliers, approximately once per month on average, occasionally for up to two weeks.
- Excellent command of English; German is a plus; knowledge of Italian is an advantage.
Your Benefits with Us
- Work alongside passionate individuals.
- Contribute to environmental sustainability.
- Engage in challenging work with attractive and exciting products.
- Interact 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 major metropolises like Zurich and Basel.
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Only applications matching the job profile will be considered.