SENER is a private engineering and technology group founded in 1956 that operates globally across the Aerospace, Energy, Mobility, and Marine sectors. With a workforce of over 3,000 professionals, the company is renowned for its high-tech solutions, ranging from solar thermal plants and high-speed rail systems to complex satellite components and naval design.

Headquartered in Getxo (near Bilbao), SENER maintains a significant footprint in Spain with major operational centers in Madrid and Barcelona. For international professionals, the company offers a highly technical and multicultural environment where English is frequently used for global projects, making it an attractive destination for specialized engineers and tech experts looking to work on large-scale international infrastructure and defense contracts.

Founded in 1956 by Enrique de Sendagorta Aramburu as a marine engineering firm, SENER was the first Spanish engineering company to be established. It expanded into aerospace in the 1960s and has since grown into a diversified global technology group with a presence on five continents.

For international professionals

Offers opportunities in highly specialized fields such as Aerospace, Defense, and Renewable Energy.
Headquartered in the Basque Country (Getxo), offering a high quality of life and a unique cultural experience outside of the Madrid/Barcelona hubs.
Global project reach often requires English proficiency, facilitating integration for international engineering talent.
Strong focus on innovation and R&D, providing a stimulating environment for technical career growth.
Maintains a significant presence in Madrid (Vicálvaro) and Barcelona, providing flexibility in geographic location within Spain.

Junior Electronic Equipment Control Engineer

SENER

This job was originally posted in Spanish and automatically translated to English. You'll most likely need Spanish to apply.

Job Description

At Sener, we are looking to incorporate a Junior Electronic Equipment Control Engineer into our team for our Tres Cantos or Bilbao work centers.

We are a pioneering engineering company in the design of satellite technology and equipment for space exploration. The Electromechanical Systems (SEM) division, based in Bilbao and Madrid, has been one of the benchmark providers of electromechanical systems for the world's leading space agencies (NASA, ESA, JAXA, and Roscosmos) since 1995.

What you will do:

You will be part of the multidisciplinary team (hardware, software, and mechanics) that develops the equipment used to test the control electronics and mechanisms of antenna support systems, robotic couplings and anchors, telescope focusing and scanning systems, among others.

Some of your duties will be:

Analyze equipment requirements.
Develop simulation environments in Matlab/Simulink for electromechanical systems (mechanics and electronics).
Design, tune, and analyze controllers.
Implement control laws.
Analyze performance.
Sizing of components (motors, sensors...)
Validation tests of the equipment.
Component characterization tests.
Draft the associated documentation.

What we expect from you:

Degree in Industrial Engineering, Automation and Robotics, Electronics, or Telecommunications.
High level of English.
1-5 years of experience in the offered position.

Additionally, the following will be positively valued:

Knowledge of Matlab/Simulink, Python, Labview, PLC programming (Siemens and Beckhoff), and VHDL.
Technical skills in Robust Control.
Knowledge in "electronics for motor-driving".

What we offer:

These are some of the benefits you will enjoy at Sener:

Join a multidisciplinary and highly qualified team participating in technologically innovative projects on an international level.
Continue your professional development with us and access a wide range of training (technical training, skills, languages...).
Take care of yourself with our physical and emotional well-being program: sports, workshops, medical service, physiotherapy, etc.
Optimize your salary with our flexible remuneration plan (meal card, private medical insurance, nursery vouchers...) and rely on our life and accident insurance.
Flexibilize your way of working! We have flexible hours, a teleworking policy, coworking spaces...
Discount portal for you and a specific onboarding plan for our international employees.
We promote equal opportunities, diversity, and inclusion for all people and are certified as a Family Responsible Entity (efr). Furthermore, through the Sener Foundation, we collaborate in activities that encourage the pursuit of knowledge and contribute to the socially responsible development of engineering.

If you identify with this, we are waiting for you.... At Sener, we want to go as far as you want to go!

View original advert (Spanish)

En Sener deseamos incorporar en nuestro equipo a un/a Ingeniero/a Junior de Control de equipos electrónicos para nuestro centro de trabajo de Tres Cantos o Bilbao.

Somos una compañía de ingeniería pionera en el diseño de tecnología satelital y equipos para la exploración espacial. La división de Sistemas Electromecánicos (SEM), con base en Bilbao y Madrid, constituye uno de los proveedores de referencia de sistemas electromecánicos para las principales agencias espaciales del mundo (NASA, ESA, JAXA y Roscosmos) desde 1995.

Qué harás:

Formarás parte del equipo multidisciplinar (hardware, software y mecánica) que desarrolla los equipos usados para probar la electrónica de control y mecanismos de sistemas de apuntalamiento de antenas, acoplamientos y anclajes robóticos, sistemas de enfoque y de escaneo de telescopios, entre otros.

Algunas de tus funciones serán:

Analizar requisitos del equipo.
Desarrollar entornos de simulación en Matlab/Simulink de sistemas electromecánicos (mecánica y electrónica).
Diseñar, ajustar y analizar controladores.
Implementar las leyes de control.
Analizar prestaciones.
Dimensionamiento de componentes (motores, sensores...)
Ensayos de validación de los equipos.
Ensayos de caracterización de componentes.
Redactar la documentación asociada.

Qué esperamos de ti:

Estudios de Ingeniería Industrial, Automática y Robótica, Electrónica o Telecomunicaciones.
Nivel alto de inglés.
Experiencia de 1-5 años en la posición ofertada.

Además, se valorarán positivamente:

Conocimientos de Matlab/Simulink, Python, Labview, programación del PLCs (Siemens y Beckhoff) y VHDL.
Destrezas técnicas de Control Robusto.
Conocimientos en "electronics for motor-driving".

Qué te ofrecemos:

Estos son algunos de los beneficios de los que disfrutarás en Sener:

Intégrate en un equipo multidisciplinar y altamente cualificado participando en proyectos innovadores tecnológicamente a nivel internacional.
Continua tu desarrollo profesional con nosotros y accede a un amplio abanico formativo (formación técnica, en habilidades, idiomas...).
Cuídate con nuestro programa de bienestar físico y emocional: deportes, talleres, servicio médico, fisioterapia, etc.
Optimiza tu salario con nuestro plan retributivo flexible (tarjeta de comida, seguro médico privado, tickets guardería...) y cuenta con nuestro seguro de vida y accidentes.
¡Flexibiliza tu forma de trabajar! Disponemos de horario flexible, política de teletrabajo, espacios de coworking...
Portal de descuentos para ti y plan de acogida específico para nuestros empleados internacionales.
Promovemos la igualdad de oportunidades, diversidad e inclusión de todas las personas y estamos certificados como Entidad Familiarmente Responsable (efr). Además, desde la Fundación Sener colaboramos en actividades que fomentan la búsqueda del conocimiento y contribuyen al desarrollo socialmente responsable de la ingeniería.

Si te sientes identificado/a, te esperamos....¡En Sener queremos llegar tan lejos como quieras llegar tú!