Industrial IT/OT and Automation Engineer with 7+ years of hands-on delivery in PLC/SCADA systems, robotics integration, and smart-factory data platforms. I build production-ready architectures that connect machines, robots, and business systems for traceable, data-driven manufacturing.
Worked With
Project Highlights
Aluminum Battery Case Production
Mercedes-AMG
2023 - 2025
Industrial IT/OT architecture for full production traceability from raw material to end-customer shipment.
- Built machine-to-platform data architecture across PLC, robot, and MES touchpoints.
- Standardized MQTT payloads for real-time production and quality telemetry.
- Delivered operator-facing HMI and monitoring views for production teams.
Forklift Chassis Production Digital Twin
Linde
2024
2D production-floor digital twin with real-time process insights and welding quality analytics.
- Visualized live data from 26 Siemens PLCs and 18 Yaskawa robots.
- Integrated camera-based measurement workflows for weld quality control.
- Designed MySQL schema and stored procedures for analytical queries.
Battery Assembly Vision Inspection
CATL
2021 - 2022
End-to-end machine-vision quality control rollout for battery assembly process lines.
- Installed Keyence camera stations on high-volume production steps.
- Implemented Sherlock-based defect detection logic with production thresholds.
- Connected vision outputs to PLC systems for real-time response.
Professional Experience
Software Engineer, Industrial IT & PLC
Yaskawa Europe GmbH, Germany
2023 - 2026
Delivered industrial data architecture and PLC connectivity for battery case and forklift chassis manufacturing programs.
- Designed end-to-end data flow architecture for Mercedes-AMG battery case production traceability.
- Built MQTT communication between Siemens S7 PLCs and supervisory systems for real-time machine data.
- Commissioned 52 Siemens PLCs and 32 Yaskawa welding and handling robots.
- Set up local Ubuntu server stack with Node-RED and containerized MySQL data pipelines.
PLC Programmer and Commissioning Engineer
Heimer Painting Booth and Air Conditioning, Germany
2022 - 2023
Implemented PLC, HMI, and commissioning workflows for HVAC and painting booth automation projects.
- Programmed Siemens TIA Portal PLCs for industrial HVAC and automated painting booth control.
- Designed WinCC Unified panel HMIs for airflow, temperature, and humidity process visualization.
- Integrated Danfoss VFDs for energy-efficient drive and air handling unit control.
- Executed on-site commissioning, calibration, and final performance testing.
Automation Engineer
SK Automation Germany for CATL, Germany
2021 - 2022
Built vision-based inspection systems for battery assembly lines with tight quality targets.
- Implemented Keyence camera systems for automatic quality inspection in CATL battery lines.
- Developed Sherlock image-processing flows for high-precision defect detection.
- Integrated machine vision with PLC automation for closed-loop process feedback.
Production and Automation Engineer
Beko Corporate, Turkey
2018 - 2021
Owned throughput and automation improvements for high-volume refrigerator production lines.
- Managed refrigerator production at 20-second takt time over three shifts with 300 operators.
- Led cycle-time and downtime improvements to increase line throughput.
- Implemented machine-vision defect control with Universal Robots integration.
- Integrated ABB robot cells for door-alignment and refrigerator labeling automation.
Tech Stack and Competencies
PLC, SCADA, and HMI
IIoT and Industrial Data
Robotics and Vision
Software and Web
Education
Master of Engineering, Mechatronics and Robotics
Hochschule Schmalkalden, Germany
2021 - 2023
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering
Yildiz Technical University, Turkey
2013 - 2018
Certificates
Data
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
- Qlik Sense
Robotics
- ABB Robot Programming
- Yaskawa Robot Programming
Language
- IELTS (English)
- Goethe (German)
Design and CAD
- AutoCAD
- SolidWorks
- Siemens NX
Languages
Contact
Reach out at cagataydesteli@gmail.com