Senior SCADA Software Engineer

For one of our clients we are looking for a Senior SCADA Software Engineer (3+ years of experience)

Are you passionate about real-time industrial systems and software craftsmanship?
Join our Realtime Industrial Solutions team and help maintain grid stability across Europe while supporting the transition to zero-carbon energy.

General conditions:

• Start date: 01/02/2026

• Location: Brussels South, 3d/week min. in the office, 2d/week remote

• Duration: 11 months, with possible extension up to 3 years

• Contract: B2B via Mind

• Languages: English

• Deadline for applications: 23/01/2026

Context:

• Be part of a dynamic development team responsible for business-critical SCADA system operating 24/7 to keep our power perimeter balanced in Belgium, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. 

• We develop tools to support the real-time control of power plants, to integrate flexibility assets, and to comply with European grid codes to support the energy transition. Out tools are mainly used to:

  • monitor the production assets, available capacities from power plants

  • provide information between TSO's and real-time SCADA system (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition);

  • calculate the real-time setpoint to send to the powerplants

Your specific role:

• The application used to provide the services to our customers is Hitachi ABB MicroSCADA SYS600 version X (MicroSCADA X SYS600 | Hitachi Energy).

• The backend development language within MicroSCADA is proprietary: SCIL (Supervisory Control Implementation Language) & the frontend is web based.

• The application is web-based.  The frontend development language within MicroSCADA is proprietary based HTML, CSS and Javascript.

As a developer, your role is to:

• Develop and maintain our SCADA X (Hitachi Energy MicroSCADA X) that keeps power perimeter in balance.

• Work on both front-end and back-end development using SCIL, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript.

• Apply architectural design principles to build scalable, and robust solutions.

• Apply software craftsmanship principles (SOLID, DRY, KISS, YAGNI) to build clean, maintainable, and resilient code.

• Collaborate in an Agile/SAFe environment with analysts, dispatchers, and technical teams.

• Contribute to on-call support (after onboarding) to ensure system availability and grid stability. (Our tools are business critical and are used 24/7)

 Requested profile:

• You have a master's degree with a specialization in IT and/or electrical engineering (e.g., ingénieur civil, burgelijk ingenieur, industrial engineer, in software, electronics or electromecanics),

• You have at least 3 years of relevant experience,

• You have an industrial mindset combined with a high level of software engineering (good architecture, design patterns,…). Our systems have to be very stable. Any problem due to unavailability, bug or other, can have a big impact,

• You should understand the basics of the electricity production and the grid transport,

• You pay attention to designing resilient solutions that support 24/7 operations, and you remain available to provide support in case of critical issues (= interruption in your daily work),

• You are solution-driven and feel responsible for your tasks. When a problem occurs, you have to find a quick fix in no-time.  Sustainable fix will be required in case quick fix is solely a workaround to allow operations to be pursued,

• You are motivated to work in a team that is responsible for real-time activities.

• You are team player in complex project organizations and interact easily with your peers, analysts, architects, business representatives, and other teams' representatives,

• You are able to self-learn and take initiatives to improve our environment, our practices,

And on the technical level

• You have some knowledge of basic programming languages (Training \"SYS 600 SCIL Programming Basics\" must be followed early at start of the mission: to be coordinated by the consultancy company with Hitachi Energy

§  SCIL developments for the backend

§  Web development for the front-end (HTML5, CSS3, Javascript / Typescript)

§  Version control and CI/CD implementation (supported by Github)

• The team will support you in order to improve your programming on our specific environment during the first months.

• Be aware of cybersecurity principles in  industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) environments.  Our systems have to comply with NIS 2 regulation.

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