The Role

The IT Application Engineer acts as the content link between the Mini Terminal project and the IT Factory, ensuring alignment between project requirements, delivered solutions, and operational needs.

The role supports validation of solutions and serves as a knowledge carrier of system behaviour within the project and towards Operations.

The accountability of the role is:

Define, validate, and maintain system behaviour across IT Factory systems and equipment providers (e.g. TOS, ECS, ASC, ATT), ensuring alignment with operational requirements

Own the definition and validation of interfaces between systems, including:

• Interface specifications and behavioural expectations
• Alignment of assumptions across IT Factory and equipment vendors

Design and support execution of integration, end-to-end, and flow test scenarios, ensuring:

• Test scenarios reflect real operational use cases
• Cross-system interactions behave as intended

Analyse and resolve cross-system and integration issues, working across IT Factory, vendors, and project teams to drive resolution

Ensure delivered solutions align with defined requirements and operational intent, including:

• Reviewing solution designs and implementations
• Validating system behaviour during lab and live testing

Act as the functional authority on system behaviour within the project, supporting:

• Integration activities
• Testing and validation
• Operational understanding and readiness

The IT Application Engineer reports to the IT and Automation Manager of the Mini Terminal project.

Location: Wilhelmshaven with some travel possible across EUROGATE’s other locations – Bremen, Bremerhaven and Hamburg.

Language: English fluency required; German language proficiency is strongly preferred too.

In practice, this means you will:

1. Act as the functional integration lead across IT systems and equipment, ensuring that individual components work together as a coherent operational solution
2. Work closely with the IT Factory, equipment providers, and Operations to define, align, and validate system behaviour and interfaces
3. Translate operational requirements into system behaviour, test scenarios, and integration logic
4. Define and support execution of integration and end-to-end tests, working alongside QA and vendors to validate system performance
5. Identify, analyse, and drive resolution of cross-system issues, particularly where responsibilities span multiple teams or vendors
6. Serve as the point of reference for how systems behave in practice during lab testing, integration, and live validation

Hard Skills & Experience

• At least 5 years’ experience as a functional expert in a complex operational or automated environment, within IT and/or Operations
• Experience working across multiple disciplines (e.g. IT, Operations, vendors) in a delivery or testing context
• Experience in testing applications, including:
• Defining and executing test cases
• Analysing issues and supporting resolution
• Strong understanding of how applications support operational processes and system behaviour in practice

Examples of Relevant Backgrounds (non-exhaustive)

You may have been working as a functional expert within a control system environment (e.g. TOS, ECS, WCS, or similar), with strong involvement in system behaviour, integration, and testing

You may have been working in a complex automated environment (e.g. terminal, warehouse, manufacturing), focusing on how systems interact and perform in real operations

You may have experience bridging IT systems and operational equipment, supporting integration, validation, and issue resolution across multiple providers

Soft Skills & Behaviours

• Collaborative in approach, builds strong working relationships across teams
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
• Able to switch effectively between detail and big-picture thinking
• Persistent in working through detail to understand how systems function in practice

Success (in this role) Looks Like

• Recognised as the go-to person for system and application topics across equipment, Operations, and IT Factory
• Requirements and solution intent translated into working system behaviour in lab and field testing

Join EUROGATE’s Automation Journey

If you thrive on complex delivery, enjoy solving real integration challenges, and want to play a central role in making automation work in practice, EUROGATE Group Automation offers a unique opportunity.

• This role puts you at the heart of a major automation programme — turning system concepts into working operational reality.