Lead Automation Engineer at Danhydra A/S

Location: Herning, Denmark

Company: Danhydra A/S

Help us build the next generation of lifting and transport equipment for the wind industry

We're looking for an experienced Automation Engineer who wants to take responsibility for control systems, PLC software and machine automation.

This is a newly established role at Danhydra, where you will help strengthen automation across future products and development projects.

The role

Some days you will be working with PLC software and control architecture. Other days you may be reviewing functional safety requirements, troubleshooting on a test setup, supporting commissioning activities, or discussing technical solutions with suppliers and colleagues from production and engineering.

You will work closely with colleagues within hydraulics, mechanics and electrical engineering to develop robust and reliable machine control solutions.

Your responsibilities

• Develop PLC and HMI software using Siemens TIA Portal

• Define automation concepts and system architecture for new products

• Translate functional and safety requirements into practical control solutions

• Support testing, troubleshooting and commissioning activities

• Specify and integrate sensors, electrical components and control hardware

• Work closely with colleagues within hydraulics, mechanics and electrical engineering

• Contribute to machine safety design and compliance with Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC and Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230

• Support technical dialogue with suppliers and development partners

What we're looking for

You have experience from industrial machinery, mobile equipment, automation systems or similar technical environments.

You have worked with systems where software, hydraulics, electrical components and mechanics need to work together reliably under demanding operating conditions.

We expect that you:

• Have experience with Siemens PLCs and TIA Portal

• Understand industrial control systems and machine automation

• Can translate functional requirements into practical control solutions

• Work well across different engineering disciplines

• Take responsibility for your work and follow tasks through to completion

Experience with hydraulic control systems, proportional valves, pressure and flow control, or closed-loop regulation will be considered a strong advantage.

Why join Danhydra?

At Danhydra, we develop and manufacture specialised lifting, transportation and installation equipment used throughout the global wind industry.

With more than 25 years of experience in the wind industry and approximately 160 employees across Denmark, Germany, Spain, India and the United States, we continue to develop equipment that helps customers handle some of the industry's largest and most demanding components.

You will join a team where technical decisions are made close to the engineering work and where practical solutions matter.

Interested?

We review applications continuously and will conduct interviews until we find the right candidate.

If you would like to learn more about the position, please apply.

360^o Willpower

Danhydra is an international supplier of tools and tool services.
Trusted by the best in the wind industry.

With a clear focus on innovation, professionalism and competitiveness, Danhydra develops, produces and services tools for the global wind industry. With more than 25 years of experience in the industry and from a strong base with locations in Denmark, Germany, Spain, India, Australia and the USA, Danhydra has implemented a new ambitions growth strategy aiming to create a unique, global and customer-oriented company. Our company currently employs approx. 130 professional, experienced and dedicated employees who all contribute to ensure high services for our customers.

With some of the most experienced technicians, engineers, and manufacturers on board, we are not too humble to say that we are good at what we do. We take pride in being exactly like no one else in the industry. We are easy going but highly professional. Our work environment is characterized by an informal approach – but our ambitions reach as high as the sky.
And we believe that it takes power to empower. Therefore, our 360^o willpower culture lies within our DNA. So, when you take place with Danhydra, you take place where change happens.

We never lean against the wind. We lean on each other.