Application Engineer

You will be working in a company with about 30 colleagues. You will have a challenging job with responsibility and the opportunity to contribute to the further growth of a successful company. The company culture encourages initiative and entrepreneurship. In return, you get a competitive salary with extra-legal benefits, in line with your experience.

Furthermore, you can count on flexible working hours in a 38-hour week supplemented with 6 ADV days. Moreover, your weekend starts on Friday at 2 pm.

You will be part of the application team, responsible for application on laser cutting/welding machines.

This includes the following tasks:

- You optimise laser cutting and welding technology

- You program the necessary cycles in the (Siemens) control system

- You specify and validate the requirements for the CAD/CAM package

- You are responsible for taking delivery of customer specific pieces on the machine

- You are responsible for training the customer and assisting in the commissioning of the

machine, at home and abroad (mainly activities at the head office in Lokeren)

- You are responsible for supporting customers to cutting/welding technology

- You collaborate on the design for the user interface of the machine

- You participate in documenting the software for the customer

- You will work closely with the software team responsible for the PLC/NC part of the machine

This company is an export-oriented enterprise with an extensive sales and service organisation. The focus is on the development and manufacturing of laser-equipped machines for a wide range of applications and materials. The speciality is laser cutting, laser welding and laser cladding. They have a complete range of products for laser cutting, welding and cladding, with or without automatic loading and unloading systems, and they also manufacture customised products.

- You have at least a professional bachelor's degree, preferably in electromechanics with at least 3 years of relevant experience

- You have knowledge of Siemens S7, knowledge of Tia Portal is an added value

- You have experience with the operation/programming of CNC machines (machine cycles, ISO codes are known to you)

- You have experience with programming of machines and with "reading" machine codes

- Experience with laser applications (cutting, welding,...) is a plus

- You are a team player and passionate about technology, automation and electromechanics

- You are eager to learn, communicative and have a strong programmatic and analytical insight

- You can work independently and are stress resistant

- You are Dutch-speaking with a good knowledge of English. Basic knowledge of French is a plus, as are additional languages

- You can document well and work in a structured way