Ignition SCADA/MES Deployment & Validation Engineer Remote with Travel
Travel is expected to be two trips/month.
Required Skills and Experience
The resource should have strong hands-on experience with Ignition 8.1+, including Gateway deployment, project publishing, client rollout, and Perspective application validation.
The resource should be proficient in Python scripting/Jython within Ignition, including the ability to verify automation logic, event handling, and runtime behavior.
The resource should have strong SQL and database skills, including the ability to validate data integrity, troubleshoot stored procedures, and confirm schema behavior across multiple tables in a SCADA/MES environment.
The resource should have hands-on experience deploying and validating SCADA and MES systems, including data acquisition, visualization, historian integration, reporting, and production workflow validation.
The resource should be familiar with industrial protocols and onsite plant integration, including OPC UA, MQTT, PLC connectivity, and manufacturing system interfaces.
The resource should have a strong understanding of data modeling, historian systems, and real-time data processing in live manufacturing environments.
The resource should have experience with test planning, defect triage, validation documentation, and end-to-end testing of integrated industrial systems.
The resource must be able to work onsite with operations, maintenance, controls, engineering, IT, and vendor teams during commissioning, testing, cutover, go-live, and hypercare.
Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills
Experience with Ignition Gateway scripting, tag configuration, security models, and role-based access validation.
Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for validating advanced Perspective customizations.
Experience with FTP/SFTP for file-based integrations and deployment-related data exchange.
Exposure to manufacturing workflows, OEE, production tracking, and reporting validation.
Familiarity with commissioning documentation, traceability matrices, and validation/test evidence packages.
Experience supporting multi-environment promotion, including dev/test/prod movement and production cutover activities.
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