Software Development Engineer

Reliably delivering what’s needed today

There are few challenges as important today as creating solutions that support a cleaner, more energy-efficient world. This requires a commitment to constantly improve the transportation of people and things. We, at BorgWarner, made that commitment decades ago and have since been creating technologies to improve efficiency, emissions and performance in all types of vehicles.

Constantly pursuing what’s next

Our proven track record has made us industry leader in clean, energy-efficient propulsion system solutions for combustion, hybrid and electric vehicles. We uncover strong trends and use smart science and technology to address a future based on varying regulations, consumer demands and automaker requirements.

Product leadership that’s changing the world

Our employees have earned trusted partnerships with customers and suppliers around the world. We leverage these relationships to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges at hand and then do what it takes to develop the next solution. Our strong operations and commercialization expertise result in high volume availability of competitive, efficient products that truly drive change.

BorgWarner PowerDrive Systems is currently looking for “dynamic, results driven” individual to join as Software Development Engineer at our new production plant in Viana, Portugal.

• Own and support FIS, shopfloor applications, MES solutions, and manufacturing IT systems to ensure reliable and efficient operation of manufacturing processes.
• Analyze business requirements and translate them into technical solutions supporting manufacturing, quality, engineering, and operational objectives.
• Develop and maintain integrations between manufacturing systems, equipment, PLCs, databases and enterprise applications to enable automated data exchange and process visibility.
• Support modernization initiatives, including assessment, design, migration, testing, deployment, and transition to next-generation manufacturing platforms and technologies.
• Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Quality, IT, vendors, and global teams to deliver standardized and scalable digital manufacturing solutions.
• Lead root-cause analysis, troubleshooting, issue resolution, and problem management activities for manufacturing systems and production-critical applications.
• Provide technical leadership and subject matter expertise for manufacturing system enhancements, upgrades, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Manage assigned projects and technical workstreams, including planning, risk management, progress tracking, and delivery of project objectives.
• Deliver user training, knowledge transfer, and guidance to key stakeholders to ensure effective system utilization and adoption.
• Participate in global support models, including collaboration across regions and time zones to support business-critical manufacturing operations.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with MES, manufacturing execution systems, shopfloor applications, or industrial software solutions.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes, production environments, traceability, quality systems, and process automation.
• Experience with system configuration, software development, databases, integrations, APIs, and manufacturing data management.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, projects, and stakeholders in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within global cross-functional teams.
• Fluent in English, both written and verbal.

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Electronics Engineering, Software Engineering, or comparable course of studies
• Or 5 years’ experience in development of manufacturing systems software, automation and controls, or supply chain applications
• Requires specific knowledge of manufacturing, preferably within electronics industry
• Development experience with databases hosted on MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server.
• Experience supporting and developing reports in tools like SQL Server Reporting Services, Power BI, Qlik as well as web technologies
• Development experience with web development: HTML, CSS, JS, ASP.NET, PHP
• Development experience with multiple languages: TCL, C#, CGI, VB, SQL, Python (preferred)
• Working knowledge of VMware/Unix/Linux
• Experience with machine connectivity concepts including the use of OPC Servers
• Preferred experience with administration and configuration of Ignition SCADA
• Preferred experience with the administration of an MES suite
• Attention to detail and ability to quickly learn new technologies and tools

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