Livestock equipment and automation systems for pig, poultry, and egg production
Big Dutchman Skandinavien designs and builds hardware and control systems for modern livestock operations—pig farms, poultry facilities, and egg production plants. The tech stack reveals embedded-systems engineering: C++, CAN, RS485 (industrial protocols), Altium (hardware design), and Linux, paired with SAP for operations. Active hiring across engineering (7 roles) and sales (6 roles) with stated velocity accelerating suggests expansion into new geographies or product lines; notably, recruiting is underway in Germany despite Danish headquarters.
Notable leadership hires: Team Lead Sales Support
Big Dutchman Skandinavien is the Scandinavian subsidiary of Big Dutchman International, a global supplier of automated equipment for intensive livestock production. The company specializes in process controls, piggery equipment, feeding systems, and related automation—serving farm operators who require high-throughput, environmentally compliant production. Founded in 1938, the company operates from Vejen in southern Denmark with 51–200 employees. Current work spans commissioning and service of barn systems worldwide, customer training on operation and maintenance, and ongoing product and software development cycles.
Primary stack: SAP (ERP), C++, Linux, CAN and RS485 (industrial protocols), Altium (hardware design), Git, Visual Studio, and standard office tools. These reflect embedded control systems and farm automation architecture.
Product and software development, commissioning/service of barn automation systems globally, customer training, and new product launches. Current challenges include modernizing control technology and maintaining network and cloud infrastructure.
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