Lead Scada Engineer - Ignition

1 day ago

Livonia, MI, USAStaff+

Responsibilities

Gather, document, and validate customer requirements and lead technical discussions with engineering, operations, maintenance, and IT teams.
Translate customer requirements into scalable system designs and serve as the technical lead on assigned projects.
Design, develop, deploy, and support Ignition Perspective and Vision industrial applications.
Develop reusable frameworks, scripting libraries, data-driven applications, standards, and technical documentation.
Configure OPC-UA connections, device integrations, historians, alarming, reporting, and integrations with enterprise applications.
Support high-availability, disaster recovery, server configuration, backups, monitoring, performance tuning, and deployment processes.
Administer and maintain development, testing, virtualized, and customer environments using Hyper-V and VMware.
Provide technical guidance, code reviews, design reviews, mentoring, customer training, and implementation support.
Participate in project planning, estimating, technical proposal development, system testing, troubleshooting, and commissioning.

At least four years of hands-on Ignition development experience.
At least five years of industrial automation, SCADA, IIoT, or manufacturing systems experience.
Experience developing with Ignition Perspective and/or Vision, Python/Jython scripting, SQL, and databases.
Experience integrating PLCs and industrial devices through common industrial communication protocols.
Experience with system testing, troubleshooting, commissioning, and direct work with manufacturing customers.
Preferred experience includes technical project leadership, enterprise-scale Ignition architecture, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Git-based source control, GitLab, server infrastructure, Hyper-V, VMware, industrial networking, cybersecurity best practices, cloud technologies, modern deployment practices, MQTT, Unified Namespace, ISA-95, and ISA-88.
Ignition Gold Certification or an equivalent advanced certification is preferred.
Candidates should demonstrate strong problem-solving, customer communication, consulting, manufacturing operations, industrial automation, mentoring, prioritization, professionalism, and accountability skills.

Medical, dental, and vision health care plans.
401(k) retirement plan, profit sharing, life insurance, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
Paid vacation and sick time.
Training and development opportunities.
Full-time, on-site workplace, with work performed remotely and/or on-site with customers as needed.

51-200 employees