Controls Engineer

Controls Engineer

Functional area:

Engineering

Location:

UK – United Kingdom

City:
Bristol

Company:
Edwards Ltd

Date of posting:
Jun 6, 2026

As a Controls Engineer, your mission is to write control and visualisation software for products developed by the Clevedon PC in accordance with the functional software specification. To follow the software development procedures, including the creation of design and test documentation. You will report to the Lead Controls Engineer.

• Understand and use software requirement specifications prepared by others.
• Review specifications created by others and provide feedback where necessary.
• Work safely following agreed test procedures and risk assessments.
• Contribute to the preparation of test documents.
• Plan own short‑term (day to day) actions and report on progress.
• Contribute software plans in the overall project planning process.
• Create supporting documentation for software release and installation.
• Provide technical content for manuals, build notes and service instructions.
• Work with occasional customer site visits as necessary.

• HND (or equivalent) or degree in a relevant technical discipline, preferably in a controls or software discipline (Essential).
• 3 years working in controls and software within relevant industries (Desirable).
• Good level of spoken and written English.
• PLC programming – ladder logic, structured text, function blocks, data structures (Essential).
• HMI programming using  or other high‑level languages (Essential).
• Communications protocols – Modbus TCP, Ether‑Cat (Desirable).
• Administration of software configuration control tools, version numbering, release process and archiving (Essential).
• Understanding of P&I Diagrams and electrical schematics (Essential).

• Culture of trust and accountability.
• Lifelong learning and career growth.
• Innovation powered by people.
• Comprehensive compensation and benefits.
• Health and well‑being.
• Hybrid working arrangement, allowing time split between remote and on‑site at our office in Bristol, United Kingdom.

Edwards is a leading developer and manufacturer of sophisticated vacuum products, exhaust management systems and related value‑added services. Edwards solutions are integral to manufacturing processes for semiconductors, flat panel displays, LEDs and solar cells. They are also used within an increasingly diverse range of industrial processes including power, glass and other coating applications; steel and other metallurgy; pharmaceutical and chemical; and for scientific instruments in a wide range of R&D applications.

Edwards has over 4,000 employees worldwide engaged in the design, manufacture and support of high technology vacuum and exhaust management equipment. Edwards has state‑of‑the‑art manufacturing facilities in Europe, Asia and North America.