The Lead SCADA Engineer - Ignition serves as a senior project contributor and emerging technical leader within the organization. This position is responsible for designing, developing, and deploying Ignition-based solutions while providing technical guidance on project architecture, customer engagement, system infrastructure, and development standards.
This role is intended to develop into a future senior technical leadership position and offers opportunities to gain experience in enterprise architecture, infrastructure administration, team mentoring, and strategic technology planning.
Customer and Project Leadership- Work remotely and/or onsite with customers to gather, document, and validate project requirements.
- Lead technical discussions with customer engineering, operations, maintenance, and IT teams.
- Translate customer requirements into maintainable and scalable system designs.
- Participate in project planning, estimating, and technical proposal development.
- Serve as a technical lead on assigned projects.
Training and Mentorship- Provide technical guidance to junior engineers and developers.
- Perform code reviews and design reviews.
- Contribute to internal documentation, standards development, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
- Deliver customer training and implementation support as needed.
System Architecture- Design scalable industrial software architectures for manufacturing environments.
- Develop data models that support operational, reporting, and analytics requirements.
- Support high-availability and disaster recovery strategies.
- Participate in software design reviews and establishment of engineering standards.
Infrastructure and Platform Support- Assist in the administration and maintenance of internal and customer development environments.
- Support virtualized development and testing environments utilizing Hyper-V and VMware.
- Assist with server configuration, deployment, backup, system monitoring, and performance tuning.
- Work with source control systems and software deployment pipelines utilizing GitLab.
- Participate in the maintenance and continuous improvement of Sandalwood's development infrastructure and deployment processes.
Ignition Development and Integration- Design, develop, and support industrial applications utilizing Ignition Perspective and Vision.
- Develop reusable application frameworks, scripting libraries, and development standards.
- Create database-driven applications using SQL and Ignition scripting.
- Configure OPC-UA connections, device integrations, historians, alarming systems, and reporting solutions.
- Integrate Ignition with ERP, quality systems, maintenance systems, and other enterprise applications.
- Develop and troubleshoot Python/Jython and JavaScript-based functionality.
Successful Candidates Will Demonstrate- Strong technical problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently while managing multiple project priorities.
- Excellent customer-facing communication and consulting skills.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing operations and industrial automation systems.
- Strong understanding of ISA-95, ISA-88, and industrial networking concepts.
- Desire to learn system architecture, infrastructure management, and technical leadership responsibilities.
- Ability to mentor team members and contribute to engineering best practices.
- Professionalism and accountability when leading customer projects.
Requirements- Four or more years of hands-on Ignition development experience.
- Five or more years of industrial automation, SCADA, IIoT, or manufacturing systems experience.
- Experience developing applications using Ignition Perspective and/or Vision.
- Experience with Python/Jython scripting.
- Strong SQL development and database experience.
- Experience integrating PLCs and industrial devices using common industrial communication protocols.
- Experience performing system testing, troubleshooting, and commissioning activities.
- Experience working directly with manufacturing customers.
Preferred Experience- Experience leading technical portions of customer projects.
- Experience designing enterprise-scale Ignition architectures.
- Experience with Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL.
- Experience with Git-based source control systems, preferably GitLab.
- Experience supporting server infrastructure and virtualized environments.
- Experience with Hyper-V and/or VMware administration.
- Familiarity with industrial networking concepts and cybersecurity best practices.
- Exposure to cloud-based technologies and modern software deployment practices.
- Ignition Gold Certification or equivalent advanced certification.
- Experience with MQTT architecture and Unified Namespace (UNS) implementations.
- Practical experience applying ISA-95 and ISA-88 principles within manufacturing, MES, SCADA, or IIoT solutions.
Benefits- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k)
- Profit Sharing
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
- Paid Time Off (Vacation & Sick)
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
- Training & Development
