Testing Engineer - Automation & Controls

About the position

GEA is one of the world’s largest systems suppliers for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical sectors. Our portfolio includes machinery and plants as well as advanced process technology, components and comprehensive services. Used across diverse industries, we enhance the sustainability and efficiency of production processes worldwide. GEA Pharma Systems is part of the GEA Group and focuses on providing durable quality through our established brands:
Aeromatic‑Fielder batch and continuous granulation, drying, pelletizing and coating;
Buck and Buck Systems for containment interface and contained material handling; and Courtoy tablet compression. Our activities include partnering with customers to develop new products, supporting clinical effectiveness, supplying R&D‑scale and stand‑alone production equipment, and installing complete integrated production lines.

• Independently test & validate pharmaceutical equipment including granulation (RMG (PMA), fluid bed dryer/processor, end product handling) and material handling equipment such as blenders, lifters and Buck systems with electrical control panels that include PLC and HMI/IPC software.
• Apply a high level of expertise, achieving 90‑95 % success in testing and validation.
• Understand and review P& and general arrangement during testing and verification.
• Maintain strong process knowledge and control panel design comprehension, including components list, loop drawing, cable schedule and tubing schedule.
• Interpret instrument schedules, device configuration lists and maintain review records.
• Integrate software and hardware design, review functional design specifications (FDS) and execute FAT protocols.
• Perform vendor FAT for electrical control panels and process peripheral equipment such as WIP/CIP skids, AHU, blower and scrubber.
• Coordinate with project, workshop and electrical/mechanical teams during assembly, testing, and dispatch of machines.
• Respond independently to technical issues and resolve them.
• Document test procedures and maintain as‑built documents.
• Ensure equipment testing is completed within timelines and prior to customer FAT.
• Collaborate with external suppliers and vendors for in‑house test equipment.
• Conduct equipment FAT in front of customers.
• Apply knowledge of safety loops, ATEX, CE, UL and 21 CFR part 11.
• Be available for site commissioning and independently perform operational qualification in front of customers.
• Preferably possess a background in pharmaceuticals.
• Handle cybersecurity principles, including the Cyber Resilience Act.
• Work safely in industrial environments.

• Electrical control panel design, review of single line diagrams and safety loops, including contractors, relays, MPCB, MCB, MCCB and field components such as motors and valves.
• Proficiency with Siemens Platform and TIA Portal (V12‑V21), Simatic Manager and PLCs (S7‑300/S7‑1200/1500) and HMI software (WinCC variants).
• Knowledge of VFDs such as Danfoss and ABB with parameter configuration.
• Pneumatic circuit design, reviewing manifolds, pressure switches and FRLs.
• Field instruments: temperature sensors (RTD/Thermocouple), differential pressure switch & transmitter, flow transmitter, conductivity transmitter, pressure transmitter and encoders.
• Integration and testing of third‑party equipment with the GEA control system.
• Pharmaceutical regulatory standards: CE, UL, ATEX, USFDA 21 CFR Part 11, GMP/GAMP/GxP and BS standards.
• Cybersecurity awareness aligned with the Cyber Resilience Act.

• Coordinate with automation, electrical, project and workshop assembly teams.
• Engage with external vendors and customers.
• Approach work individually and collaboratively with an optimistic, solution‑oriented agile mindset.

• Graduate Engineering in Instrumentation & Control, Electrical, Electronics or related discipline.
• 4‑5 years of industrial automation and controls engineering experience, with at least 3 years of relevant practice.
• Combination of software and hardware design expertise.

• Knowledge of Rockwell (Allen Bradley PLC and HMI) software programming is an advantage.
• Knowledge of GE iFiX,…