Senior Ignition Engineer

Responsibilities

• Implementation, testing and startup of technical solutions created by yourself or others.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, integrating industrial systems, and ensuring high-performance, scalable, and secure automation applications.
• Design, develop, and implement Ignition-based SCADA and IIoT solutions for industrial automation projects.
• Be the technical lead for Ignition architecture, including Gateway configuration, Perspective, Vision, and SQL databases.
• Design and configure PLC/SCADA networks.
• Work cooperatively with engineering, design, production, and field service staff.
• Aware of Project budget and schedules for the purpose of recognizing and communicating issues to PMs before becoming a conflict.
• Develop overall system architecture for industrial control projects.
• Specify and configure various hardware components such as, instrumentation, PLCs, communication systems and industrial control panels.
• Perform functional testing of electrical and control systems.
• Mentor and train engineers, providing technical guidance and Ignition best practices.
• Cook up start-up activities within ETG, any contractors and owner personnel.
• Develop and Lead training classes internally and externally.
• Create tools, methods and approaches to increase engineering efficiency.
• Assist Business development team to evaluate and promote opportunities with predesigns, estimates, and in person presentations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience in the control system industry.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Inductive Automation Ignition (Perspective, Vision, SQL, Tag Historian, Scripting).
• Extensive knowledge of advanced Ignition concepts, including system architecture, scripting, and integration best practices.
• Strong development skills in Jython, SQL, and JavaScript for building robust and scalable solutions.
• Familiarity with UI/UX principles to design intuitive and user-friendly interfaces.
• Strong understanding of controls systems.
• Ability to develop PLC and HMI programs within one or more languages.
• Experience commissioning in "live" environments.
• Current Gold certified in Ignition.
• A DNA comprised of collaboration and teamwork.