Full Job Description
Full time
Remote
Serve as a Senior Engineer - Execution Systems in a hybrid work environment, designing, implementing, and optimizing AVEVA PI Historian solutions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to capture manufacturing and supply chain data, improve operational visibility, and enable data-driven decisions that enhance efficiency, quality, and sustainability.
Responsibilities
• Design robust AVEVA PI Historian architectures to ensure reliable collection, storage, and retrieval of high-volume operational data from manufacturing systems.
• Configure data interfaces and connectors to integrate plant floor equipment, enterprise applications, and supply chain systems for seamless data flow.
• Develop and maintain data models, tags, calculations, and asset frameworks to support monitoring, reporting, and analytics.
• Optimize data collection strategies by tuning sampling rates, compression, and exception settings to balance performance and accuracy.
• Implement data validation, cleansing, and enrichment processes to improve data quality for downstream applications.
• Collaborate with manufacturing and supply chain stakeholders to translate business requirements into PI configurations, dashboards, and alerts.
• Build visualizations and reports using AVEVA PI tools or connected analytics platforms for performance tracking and decision support.
• Work with IT and OT teams to ensure secure, scalable, and compliant deployment of PI Historian in hybrid environments.
• Document solution design, standards, and operational procedures for consistent deployment across sites.
• Troubleshoot data flow issues, performance bottlenecks, and system defects, and implement long-term fixes.
• Mentor junior engineers and share best practices in historian configuration and data governance.
• Drive continuous improvement by analyzing historian data to identify inefficiencies, risks, and optimization opportunities.
• Support business goals by enabling data-driven decisions that improve safety, product quality, and environmental performance.
Qualifications
• 8-12 years of experience in designing and supporting AVEVA PI Historian solutions in industrial or manufacturing environments.
• Strong knowledge of time-series data concepts including tags, event frames, and asset hierarchies.
• Experience working with manufacturing execution systems, plant automation, or industrial data acquisition.
• Understanding of supply chain processes such as production planning, inventory tracking, and logistics.
• Hands-on experience troubleshooting connectivity with controllers, gateways, and data interfaces.
• Knowledge of scripting or automation tools related to AVEVA PI Historian.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a hybrid model with distributed teams.
• Commitment to continuous learning and staying current with AVEVA PI and industrial data trends.
Job Details
Job Title: Execution Systems - Senior Engineer
Technology: AVEVA PI Historian
Experience: 8-12 years
Shift: Day
Job Type: Execution Systems - Snr Eng [60SG05]
Primary Location: San Juan, PR (USA)
Alternate Location: N/A
Travel Requirement: No
Certifications Required: N/A
Applications will be accepted until 6/15/2026
Disclaimer: The salary, compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
