Automation Engineer at Belden Inc · Budapest

Innovation Starts With You

Propel your career at Belden, where innovation creates possibilities—for our people, our customers, and the communities we serve. We connect people, information, and ideas to solve the world’s most complex connectivity challenges, turning curiosity into meaningful impact. Here, you’ll take on work that challenges you, supports your growth, and empowers you to shape what’s next. You’ll collaborate with global teams, gain diverse perspectives, and contribute to solutions that extend beyond our business—creating value in the world around us.

Together, we are shaping the future of digitization and paving the way for the next generation of innovation.

Position Summary

This role will support the relocation, modification, restart, and long-term support of production equipment being transferred to Budapest, with primary focus on controls, electrical, and automation-related technical work. A major element of the role will be supporting machinery readiness for safe startup and CE compliance in partnership with the Advanced Manufacturing Engineering team, including both controls/electrical tasks and coordination of physical safety modifications such as guarding and related safety requirements. The role will initially focus on transition execution and then evolve into ongoing controls and automation support for the Budapest manufacturing operation.

Key Responsibilities

Transition / Compliance / Startup Phase

• Assess transferred equipment controls and electrical condition and identify required modifications prior to startup
• Support troubleshooting, retrofit, recommissioning, and startup of relocated production equipment
• Work with internal and external resources to define and implement controls and electrical changes needed for restart and safe operation
• Support CE readiness activities in coordination with Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, including documentation, validation support, and implementation of required technical changes
• Identify and coordinate controls-related aspects of safety modifications, interlocks, guarding interfaces, and machine protection requirements
• Support commissioning and functional testing of equipment after relocation or modification
• Document controls architecture, field changes, and startup modifications to improve long-term maintainability

Longer-Term Operational Support

• Provide ongoing controls and automation support for manufacturing equipment in Budapest
• Troubleshoot PLC, HMI, drives, sensors, and related industrial control systems
• Support modernization and standardization efforts for aging or inconsistent machine controls
• Help develop a more supportable controls architecture and documentation base over time
• Partner with digitalization efforts where machine connectivity, data collection, or Ignition-related functionality is introduced

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Automation, or related technical field; equivalent experience may also be considered
• Experience supporting industrial manufacturing equipment controls and electrical systems
• Strong troubleshooting ability across PLCs, HMIs, drives, field devices, and industrial electrical systems
• Experience with machine startup, retrofit, or modification projects
• Ability to work in a hands-on manufacturing environment with relocated and legacy equipment
• Strong coordination skills across engineering, maintenance, operations, contractors, and safety resources
• Fluent English required; Hungarian helpful but not required depending on candidate profile

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cable manufacturing or similar continuous-process equipment
• Experience with extruders, cablers, and braiders
• Experience supporting equipment moves or brownfield industrial transfers
• Familiarity with CE requirements, machinery safety, guarding, safety circuits, and risk-reduction modifications
• Experience with Ignition, industrial networking, and machine data collection
• Experience with controls rework / recontrols / obsolescence upgrades

Let’s Create Possibilities Together.

Join a global community shaping the future of intelligent connectivity. At Belden, you’ll help push the boundaries of technology and write the next chapter of innovation, creating possibilities for your career, your future, and the world around you.

These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work involved for this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of this job.