Senior Staff Engineer Automation, Industrial Development

Posted:
1/22/2026, 6:51:45 PM

Location(s):
Skawina, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland ⋅ Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
IT & Security ⋅ Software Engineering

Work Flexibility: Hybrid or Onsite

The Senior Staff Engineer will provide technical leadership across a range of projects and initiatives for the facility. They will be a Subject Matter Expert in a Technical, Engineering, Automation or Business Process area.

hat will you do: 

  • Provide Technical leadership to the wider engineering team in the field of process automation. 

  • Provide day to day support to operations for Automation and Controls components within the manufacturing process.  

  • Identify, evaluate & implement opportunities for continuous improvement.

  • Participate within project teams, provides technical support and makes informed decisions on hardware and architecture selection. 

  • Analyse, understand, fault-find and modify where necessary automation software in line with the sites quality management system. 

  • Develop, test and install control’s software as part of a highly automated and validated production environment. 

  • Champion digital reporting tools and visualisations that are thorough, detailed and able to be comprehended by the end user 

  • Develop User, Functional and Detailed Design Specifications. 

  • Provide guidance on integrating, testing, evaluating and modifying automated systems and seeing the process through from beginning to end. 

What you need: 

  • Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Science or related field with equivalent technical experience. 

  • Has minimum of 6+ years, software and controls experience in a manufacturing environment. 

  • Demonstrated ability to provide technical solutions for complex problems through automation systems knowledge. 

  • Proven Project Management skills through the delivery of Automation and or Digitalisation projects. 

  • Strong technical background is essential for this role (PLC, HMI, Robotics, GAMP, GMP). 

  • Understanding of FDA, BSI and regulatory software validation requirements 

Preferred 

  • Experience with Allen Bradley and Siemens controls systems 

  • Some experience of scripting programming languages 

  • Some experience of Object Orientated Programming and SQL Server DB design 

  • Working knowledge of Ignition SCADA platform and Cognex vision systems is beneficial. 

Travel Percentage: 10%

Stryker

Website: https://www.stryker.com/

Headquarter Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

Employee Count: 10001+

Year Founded: 1941

IPO Status: Public

Industries: Biotechnology ⋅ Health Care ⋅ Life Science ⋅ Medical ⋅ Medical Device