UX Engineer / Front-end developer

An ice-cold beer or a nice glass of wine every now and then, we are fans! But have you ever thought about the manufacturing process of a glass bottle? We have! In fact, it is our daily work to optimize the production process of glass bottles and jars for our customers in the global glass packaging industry.

XPAR Vision develops, installs and implements unique sensor and robot technology, helping companies in the glass industry, to meet the high demands of quality of companies like Heineken and Coca-Cola, to make glass products lighter, stronger and with a lower carbon footprint. We have already installed more than 600 systems in over 35 countries, making us a specialist and market leader.

We believe that glass is the best packaging material in terms of experience, quality and, above all, durability. Our goal is therefore that more and more food manufacturers opt for glass as packaging material. Which directly contributes to a more sustainable world: minimizing the carbon footprint and load on our environment.

Over the past few years, we have developed rapidly and established ourselves firmly in the market. We want to continue and further optimize this process, which is why we are looking for an experienced software engineer.

We are looking for a software engineer to work on innovative automation projects to improve the glass bottle manufacturing process. These include projects which are truly unique in the world. Although these projects involve Sensors, Robotics, PLCs, and other low-level hardware, a lot of high- level software is used and needed for these projects, which is where you come in!

As a UI/UXEngineer at XPAR Vision BV, you will develop and maintain our UI application. We rely on you to ensure we create an application that provides exactly what our users need, in a reliable and scalable way.

The work includes mostly programming and testing in Typescript, as well as the occasional project in Qt/Qml, but also integration testing with the actual hardware at our shopfloor and possibly on-site.

Must have:

Proficient in programming using:

• Typescript and a TS/JS Framework (we use VueJS but experience with React, Angular or Svelte is just as valuable)
• js
• Docker
• Linux/WSL
• Git

Skills:

• 3+ years of experience in UX engineering
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in:
• You have experience with software architecture and design patterns
• You have extensive experience with code reviews and maintaining code quality
• Ability to extract concrete requirements from unstructured communication
• Most importantly: You explain us what we can improve

Nice to have but not required:

• Experience with usability testing
• Experience with Design Thinking
• Experience with UI design
• Experience with StorybookExperience with Jira
• Willingness to travel abroad to customers a few times a year

Environment

You will be part of a 3–4-people engineering team working on implementing our sensor(s) into our UI application. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams such as field service engineers and data scientists to develop and integrate software modules.

What we offer

A challenging position in an international environment. You get a lot of freedom to make an impact and do your job your way. This position naturally includes good terms of employment. For example, a favorable pension arrangement and 30 days holiday per year.