Junior Software Service Engineer - Industrial Automation & AI

A completed vocational or bachelor’s degree in Software Development, IT, AI or a technical field. The specific field of study is less important than your programming skills, logical thinking, curiosity and ability to learn.
40 hours / week
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Have you recently completed your technical degree, or already gained some work experience? Do you want to develop software for production processes around the world, help customers with smart solutions, and discover how software and AI can help you automate more and more of your own work? Then we’d love to hear from you!

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Help build the next generation of service engineering

KSE has ambitious plans for AI and has already taken important steps in this area. We want to do more than automate our customers’ production processes — we also want to make the way we carry out our own engineering and service work smarter, faster and more reliable. That’s why we’re looking for a Junior Software Engineer who will first learn how our software, customer projects and service processes work in practice. With that knowledge, you’ll then help us use software and AI to continuously improve and innovate the way we work. So, you won’t just be automating our customers’ production processes — you’ll also help automate and improve the way we do our own work.

The role

As part of our service team, you’ll work on smaller software projects for existing customers. Together with experienced colleagues, you’ll develop new functionality, modify production processes and improve existing automation solutions.

With guidance from experienced colleagues, you’ll learn how to:

  • translate customer requirements into functional and technical solutions;
  • develop, configure and program process automation;
  • test, commission and hand over software solutions;
  • analyse and resolve software-related questions and issues;
  • identify opportunities to standardise and automate engineering and service work.

At the same time, you’ll work on applications such as generating code and configurations, automating checks and tests, and processing technical information and documentation more efficiently. We’re also exploring how AI can help us analyse faults more quickly and identify potential causes and solutions.

You’ll start with well-defined improvements and gradually grow towards developing solutions that are applied more broadly and become an integral part of our service team and customer projects.

After your onboarding period, you’ll also take part in our 24/7 on-call service, approximately one week every 16 weeks, with an attractive additional allowance.

You assess whether the software solutions developed by our project teams are truly ‘’serviceable’’ and ensure that all information in project handovers is complete. In addition, you offer phone support to customers or colleagues working on-site and provide on-site service yourself when required. You will also participate in the on-call rotation and support system commissioning activities – both on location and remotely.

 

This is you

You’ve recently graduated or have limited work experience. You enjoy programming, learn quickly and are eager to understand how complex technical processes work.

You enjoy working with and for customers: you listen to their questions, think along with them and look for solutions that genuinely help them move forward. You’re also curious about how software and AI can help you continuously automate and improve your own work.

You also have:

A completed vocational or Bachelor's Degree in Software Development, IT, AI or a technical field. The specific field of study is less importan than your programming skills, logical thinking, curiosity and ability to learn.
Affinity for programming and industrial automation.
Interest in AI and automating software and engineering work.
An analytical and practial approach to your work.
A customer-focused attidude and strong communication skills.
A good command of Dutch and English, both written and spoken.
A willingness to occasionally work at customer sites in the Netherlands and abroad.
Experience with technologies such as C#, Python, SQL, PLCs, SCADA, HMI, Git, APIs, databases or generative AI is a plus, but not required.

What we offer

As an employer, we offer a professional, supportive and stimulating working environment where your talent matters.

A junior role at the intersection of software, AI, industrial automation and service.
An important role in shaping KSE's AI ambitions.
Guidance and support from experienced software and service engineers.
Plenty of room to learn, experiment and apply your ideas to real customer projects.
Excellent opportunities to develop your skills and gradually take on more responsibility.
A professional and supportive working environment with short communication lines.
A competitive salary.
27 vacation days and 13 ADV days.
Fun activities with colleagues, such as the pub quiz and our annual Christmas event.
Recently graduated or just starting out? That’s exactly why we’re interested in you. We value your fresh perspective, curiosity and ideas.
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About KSE

As a leading specialist in dosing and weighing systems and automation software for the animal nutrition industry, KSE – The Batching Experts is a globally oriented company. Whether it concerns dosing quantities of just one gram or over six thousand kilograms, we deliver precise and reliable solutions every time. In our production facility, we design and build both standard products and tailor-made machines. Our work goes beyond manufacturing alone – we also take responsibility for design, development, assembly, and on-site commissioning.

Founded in 1973, KSE has grown into a global player while remaining a family-owned company. Personal contact, excellent service, and a passion for the animal nutrition industry are at the heart of everything we do.

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Why work at KSE?

Working at KSE means joining a Dutch family business with an international outlook. We combine deep technical expertise with an open and informal work culture. You will have the freedom to grow, collaborate, and contribute to intelligent solutions for handling and dosing solids across a wide range of industries. 

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Innovating with impact

At KSE, you will help develop high-end dosing and weighing systems, as well as advanced automation software. You will contribute to smart, scalable process solutions for clients around the globe. By working in customer-focused teams, you experience the full cycle of your work – from concept to completion – with is both motivating and rewarding.

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Working together on smart solutions

Collaboration is at the heart of what we do. In multidisciplinary teams, we combine our knowledge and strengths to tackle complex customer challenges. You will work closely with skilled engineers, developers, and specialists who are not only experts in their field but also eager to share what they know. At KSE, you’re encouraged to think along – not just with our customers, but with the company itself. Your ideas help shape our direction and growth.

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Grow in a stable yet dynamic environment

With over 120 colleagues, we form a close-knit and dedicated team. You will have the opportunity to develop yourself, expand your knowledge, and actively contribute to innovation and growth. Your work will be varied, forward-looking, and constantly evolving. At KSE, you’re free to shape your own path – whether you want to advance in your current role or explore something new.

“KSE never stands still when it comes to exciting new developments — always with the customer in mind.”

As an Assistant Project Manager, every day brings new challenges. The market is evolving rapidly, and we respond immediately. In the multidisciplinary teams you’re part of, projects are carried out from start to finish. From concept to realisation — you experience it all. That’s what makes the work so interesting and valuable.

- Dennis Leermakers

Assistant Project Manager

‘’No two days are the same.’’

Because we are available 24/7 for our customers worldwide, planning and coordinating activities for our service engineers, emergency support, and helpdesk is a daily challenge. It requires a careful balance between planning ahead and responding quickly when unexpected situations arise. No day follows a fixed routine: one moment everything revolves around solving an urgent issue, the next it’s about coordinating maintenance visits across different time zones. It’s exactly this variety – constantly anticipating, adapting, and working closely with colleagues and customers around the world – that makes my role so dynamic and rewarding. It’s very satisfying to know that my work directly contributes to the continuity of our service.

- Simone Kruijer

Management Assistant

Interested in this position?

Are you eager to learn and interested in this role? Please submit your motivation letter and CV to Marie-José Koolen via the form on this page.

Questions? Call +31 497 383818 or email jobs@kse.nl.

At KSE - The Batching Experts, we prefer to manage the recruitment of new colleagues ourselves. We appreciate the involvement of recruitment agencies and understand that you may wish to share our vacancies with potential candidates. However, we follow our own approach in this regard. For that reason, unsolicited profiles will be treated as direct applications.

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