Senior SCADA Application Designer & Developer (Freelance possible)

Tasks and responsibilities

You will join a development team responsible for a business-critical SCADA environment that operates 24/7 to support grid balancing across Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands. The scope is expanding, with the integration of smaller and more flexible assets.

The applications support real-time control of power plants, integration of flexibility assets, and compliance with European grid codes linked to the energy transition.

• Monitor production assets and available generation capacity.
• Enable operational information exchange between transmission system operators and the real-time SCADA environment.
• Calculate and send real-time setpoints to power plants based on production planning, live acquisition data and balancing inputs such as FCR, aFRR and mFRR.
• Develop and maintain the SCADA application landscape used for real-time balancing.
• Work on front-end and back-end components using SCIL, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript and TypeScript.
• Apply architectural design principles to build scalable, robust and resilient solutions.
• Use software craftsmanship principles such as SOLID, DRY, KISS and YAGNI to keep the codebase clean and maintainable.
• Collaborate in an Agile/SAFe environment with analysts, operators and technical stakeholders.
• Contribute to on-call support after onboarding to help ensure 24/7 system availability and operational continuity.

Requested profile

• You hold a master's degree in IT and/or electrical engineering, for example in software, electronics or electromechanics.
• You have at least 3 years of relevant experience.
• You combine an industrial mindset with strong software engineering skills, including architecture and design patterns.
• You understand the basics of electricity production and grid transport.
• You work proactively and in a structured way, with a strong focus on stability in a high-responsibility environment.
• You are prepared to support critical incidents when needed and can deliver a quick fix first, followed by a sustainable solution when required.
• You are motivated to work in a team responsible for real-time operations.
• You are a team player who collaborates easily with peers, analysts, architects, business stakeholders and other teams.
• You learn quickly, take initiative and actively contribute to improving the environment and ways of working.
• You communicate clearly, both verbally and in writing, with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Offer

You will be part of a growing Belgian SME where initiative and personal development are encouraged. We will provide you with an enjoyable work environment with fun colleagues. We will work out a career plan with you, with attention and a budget for extra education/certification. You can count on an attractive salary, supplemented with extra-legal benefits, including a company car.
(Freelance is also possible)