Position: Electronics Project Engineer

Location: Montelier

Department: Vacuum Automation Division

Type: Employee - Permanent

Position: Electronics Project Engineer
Location: ZA Les Petits Champs, 10 allée Jean-Baptiste Venturi, 26120 Montélier, France
Division: Vacuum Automation
Type: Permanent
About Piab Group
At Piab Group we improve our customers' productivity, sustainability, and safety through evolving industrial automation. With annual sales of ~3 billion SEK and more than 1400 employees, Piab serves customers in 100+ countries in industries such as e‑commerce logistics, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals and automotive. Since 2018, Piab Group has been owned by Patricia Industries, part of Investor AB.
Why join us

• Innovative culture with a strong focus on automation and robotics.
• Global impact and collaboration across subsidiaries and partners worldwide.
• Sustainable vision: safer, more efficient, less wasteful production.
• Professional growth in an international, diverse, and inclusive environment.
• Long‑term stability as part of Patricia Industries and the Wallenberg sphere.

Job Mission – Electronics Project Engineer
You lead multi‑disciplinary R&D projects with a strong focus on electronic design and embedded systems for industrial and robotic applications. You translate customer needs into specifications and architectures, manage mechatronic integration, and ensure products are developed, validated and industrialized to meet performance, quality and reliability targets.
Key Responsibilities
Project & product management

• Lead electronic/mechatronic development projects from concept to industrialization.
• Align product roadmaps with customer needs and internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate multi‑disciplinary teams and external partners.

Specifications & system architecture

• Translate customer/application needs into hardware and software specifications.
• Define system architectures for embedded control, communication and signal processing (including PLC interfaces and PID‑type control).

Electronic and embedded design

• Design electronic boards (schematics, PCB layout/routing, manufacturing files).
• Apply EMC best practices and support lab testing and troubleshooting.
• Coordinate external partners for PCBA, software, plugins and firmware.
• Develop and/or review embedded C software for STM32 microcontrollers, including RTOS‑based architectures and industrial Ethernet protocols (e.g. EtherCAT, PROFINET, Ethernet/IP).

Mechatronic integration & robotics

• Integrate electronics into robotic and automation systems (incl. grippers/end‑of‑arm tooling).
• Collaborate with mechanical and automation engineers for robust, safe integration.

Prototyping, testing & validation

• Build and debug mock‑ups, prototypes and pre‑series units.
• Define and execute test plans at board, software and product level.
• Design and implement test benches, including PLC/automation programming when needed.

Industrialization, documentation & maintenance

• Maintain electronic production files and documentation for EMS‑manufactured products.
• Prepare and update schematics, BOMs, test procedures and user/service documentation.
• Support continuous improvement and lifecycle management of electronic platforms.

Technical support & expertise

• Provide electronics expertise in the lab, on returned products and occasionally on customer sites.
• Support customers, internal teams and subsidiaries, in particular the US organization.
• Act as a technical reference for electronics in design reviews and problem solving.

Preferred Competencies
Technical skills

• Strong electronic design (schematics, PCB layout, manufacturing files, SPICE, test benches, EMC).
• Embedded systems & software: C for STM32, RTOS, industrial Ethernet (EtherCAT, PROFINET, Ethernet/IP).
• Control & signal processing: PLCs, LADDER programming, control‑command algorithms (e.g. PID).
• Mechatronics & robotics: robotic cells, mechatronic integration, ideally grippers/end‑of‑arm tooling.
• Measurement & testing: test bench design, validation, debugging of electronic/embedded systems.

Core & soft skills

• Experience leading multi‑disciplinary R&D projects in an industrial environment.
• Ability to turn customer needs into clear specs, architectures and plans.
• Strong stakeholder management with suppliers, partners and internal teams.
• Customer‑oriented, collaborative, structured and solution‑driven.

Experience and Education

• University degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics or similar.
• Solid experience in electronic design and embedded systems, preferably in industrial automation or robotics.
• Proven track record managing technical projects from concept to industrialization.
• Experience with EMS and external design/manufacturing partners is a strong plus.

Language skills

• French: Fluent (spoken and written) – required.
• English: Fluent or strong working proficiency – required.

How to Apply
If you are passionate about innovation and want to make a difference in the world of automation, we would love to hear from you. Please use the application link to upload your CV.
A valid work permit for the country of employment is required for non‑EU citizens; applications without a valid permit cannot be considered.