Engineering Director Automation Assistant Services jobs in Israel

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You’ll lead a group of talented senior engineers, providing both technical and people leadership while staying hands-on in design and implementation. Together, you’ll drive key architectural decisions and evolve our ingestion and processing layers to support real-time pipelines, improve observability, and enable greater horizontal scalability.

Our Stack:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of senior software engineers through one-on-ones, feedback, and technical guidance
• Own and drive the delivery of high-impact projects end-to-end, from design through deployment and production monitoring
• Design and review architecture for large-scale distributed systems focused on data ingestion, normalization, and availability
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, SRE, and other R&D teams to define priorities, interfaces, and success metrics
• Ensure the reliability, scalability, and observability of core services, introducing SLOs and best practices for operations
• Participate in incident management, postmortems, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Foster a culture of technical excellence and accountability within the team
• Write and review clean, maintainable, and tested, take part of the on-call rotation

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of professional software development experience, including at least 2 years in a team lead role
• Proven experience leading teams that build and operate large-scale, data-intensive systems
• Strong understanding of distributed systems design, concurrency, synchronization, data modeling, and performance optimization
• Hands-on experience with at least one of: Python, Go – Must .
• Experience with distributed data processing tools like Kafka (Advantage)
• Hands-on experience with databases such as SingleStore, Postgres, Redis
• Solid understanding of cloud-native architectures and services (AWS preferred)
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to align engineers, product managers, and stakeholders
• Experience mentoring engineers and guiding technical growth
• Comfortable balancing hands-on technical work with people and project leadership responsibilities
• Experience with real-time data processing and streaming pipelines (Advantage)

About the job

The Instrumentation & Control department is part of AMIL facilities organization, responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of Building Management Systems (BMS) and other I&C systems that support critical infrastructure and operations.

As a Control and Automation Engineer, you will play a central role in shaping and supporting the automation infrastructure of our facility.

You will be responsible for developing, updating and maintaining control software and HMI systems, integrating PLCs, and optimizing BMS.

You will collaborate across disciplines to solve complex technical challenges, contribute to energy efficiency initiatives, and drive improvements in system reliability and performance.

What you'll be doing

• Integrate and troubleshoot Building Management Systems (BMS) from concept to completion.
• Monitor and operate BMS and HMI systems, including setpoint and alarm modifications.
• Develop and maintain HMI visualization tools including graphics and trends for local monitoring.
• Provide visualization and historical data tools to support maintenance teams in troubleshooting and diagnostics.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including engineering, maintenance, and operations to provide technical support and solutions across various projects and commissioning activities.
• Ensure compliance with relevant standards and safety regulations.
• Support project managers and contractors during system design and implementation, including supervision of software contractors and integrators in PLC programming and HMI development.
• Participate in system validation and performance testing. Verify system functionality during FAT/SAT/OAT and handover processes.
• Collaborate with AMIL Global Information Services (GIS) to integrate control systems and PLCs into the operational network.
• Contribute to energy efficiency initiatives. Develop tools to monitor power consumption and build SQL-based platforms to support third-party reporting and analysis.

What should you have?

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Control Systems, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of hands-on experience in control software and HMI development.
• Proven practical experience in programming, configuration, and integration of industrial PLCs, HMI, and SCADA systems – primarily with Siemens PLCs and Simplicity SCADA platform.
• Practical knowledge of BMS systems and communication protocols (Modbus, BACnet etc.).
• Proficiency in developing and working with control engineering documents: reviewing and implementation of software based on Sequence of Operations (SOO), definition and development of control architecture, IO lists, communication networks, and system interfaces.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, proven ability to work independently, manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment, and collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary teams.
• High proficiency in English (spoken and written).
• Required to provide on-site or remote support for critical fault resolution, including outside of regular working hours as needed.

About the Group

ICAPS Software Groupis responsible for the end-to-end development of ICAPS products, which utilize Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM) to detect defects and measure nanoscale elements during semiconductor manufacturing.

Our scope includes all software components: database architecture, device control and synchronization, fab interface and automation, and application development.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead two software engineering teams, including team leads and developers, to deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Oversee the development of two distinct products, ensuring alignment and collaboration across teams.
• Drive all phases of the software development lifecycle: requirements analysis, design, implementation, integration, release, and support.
• Collaborate closely with project managers, product managers, and cross-functional teams.
• Champion Agile methodologies and foster a culture of innovation.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to the teams.
• Cultivate a collaborative and high-performing team environment.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop team members to achieve their full potential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of direct experience managing software engineering teams.
• Proven leadership, coaching, and mentoring skills.
• Strong proficiency in Java or C# development.
• Expertise in object-oriented design and development.
• Hands-on experience with Agile frameworks, particularly SCRUM.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related engineering discipline.
• Commitment to high standards in code quality, testing, and performance.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Strong learning agility and adaptability.
• Team-oriented mindset with outstanding interpersonal skills.
• Proactive and results-driven approach.
• Fluent in English, both written and verbal.