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Software Controls Engineer – £400 a day – Southampton – Outside IR35

Hexwired Recruitment is recruiting for an expanding Electronics Manufacturer in Southampton, now seeking a Software Controls Engineer with solid experience in Codesys for a brand new product. The company have received several large orders for their products, so this role will likely be long term.

Currently seeking an experienced Software Controls Engineer with excellent experience programming PLC’s using Codesys.

This will be an initial 3 months with likely extension. Due to the nature of the work, this will be a semi remote role in Southampton.

Key Skills:

  • Degree in Embedded Systems, Electronics, Electrical or similar

  • 4+ commercial Control System Design experience

  • Excellent Commercial Codesys experience

  • Bcekhoff or similar PLC experience

    The company are willing to offer £400 a day, initial 6 months with a possible extension as well as being Outside IR35. If you’re interested in this Software Controls job, please apply.

    For more information on this role, or any other jobs across; Embedded, C++ programming, Embedded Linux, Mechanical, Python, Operations, Golang Development, Machine Learning, Electronics, FPGA, Data Science or Simulation contact us today

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