SCADA Engineer
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Job Location:
Charlotte, VT - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 100000 - 120000
Posted on:
9 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
SCADA Engineer / Senior SCADA Engineer (Ignition)
Salary: $85000$130000 (level based on experience)
Type: Full-time Location: Charlotte NC
Were hiring a SCADA Engineer with flexibility to hire at Engineer or Senior Engineer level. Youll design build deploy and support modern SCADA/BMS solutions (with a strong preference for Inductive Automation Ignition especially Perspective). This role blends UI/UX for operator interfaces industrial data modeling (tags/UDTs) integration (PLCs networks databases) commissioning support and strong engineering standards.
Responsibilities
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Design and configure Ignition Perspective views using established standards and reusable components.
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Develop and maintain UDTs tag structures tag providers and gateway configurations for PLCs field devices and enterprise integrations.
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Configure and maintain alarms trends historian tags reporting and database-driven workflows to meet project/customer requirements.
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Lead or support commissioning including FAT/SAT and provide onsite/remote support for SCADA/BMS deployments.
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Troubleshoot and resolve issues spanning PLCs HMIs/SCADA apps servers device integrations and industrial networks (with increasing autonomy at senior level).
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Partner with project leads designers and stakeholders to deliver complete SCADA solutions on time and to spec.
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Create and maintain technical/project documentation (functional specs architecture diagrams I/O & tag lists test procedures as applicable).
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Participate in (and for senior: own) code reviews standards improvements templates naming conventions and best practices.
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For senior-level scope: mentor junior engineers provide actionable feedback and guide technical decisions across complex/multi-site projects.
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Apply and promote OT cybersecurity and high-availability best practices.
Qualifications
Engineer-level
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24 years of experience in one or more of the following:
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PLC and HMI/SCADA programming (preferably Ignition)
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HVAC/building automation controls and BMS integration
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Industrial networking and protocols
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Low-voltage control panel wiring and field device commissioning
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Front-end development for operator interfaces
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Scripting/software development (Python Java SQL or modern front-end frameworks)
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Bachelors degree in a relevant engineering/technical discipline or equivalent experience
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Ignition Core Certified (or ability to obtain quickly)
Senior-Level (Well level you here if you bring most of this)
- 58 years designing implementing and supporting SCADA systems with significant exposure to Ignition or similar modern platforms
Proven experience leading technical work streams on complex or multi-site SCADA/BMS projects
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Strong proficiency in:
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PLC programming and/or industrial protocols
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Ignition Designer Perspective tag providers and gateway configuration
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Industrial networking OT cybersecurity concepts
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Database integration (queries historization reporting)
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Bachelors degree in Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience
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Ignition Gold Certified (or ability to obtain quickly)
Leveling (How We Decide Engineer vs Senior)
Well align title and compensation based on your demonstrated ability to:
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Own architecture and technical deliverables end-to-end
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Lead standards and drive maintainable scalable SCADA patterns
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Diagnose complex cross-system issues and perform root-cause analysis
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Mentor others and guide technical execution across projects
Nice-to-Haves
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Experience with reusable UI component libraries design systems or HMI/SCADA UX best practices
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Familiarity with OT segmentation firewall/VLAN concepts secure remote access and high availability
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Prior experience supporting production environments with on-call or critical uptime requirements
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Key Skills
- Controlling Experience
- Tcp/IP
- Distributed Control Systems
- Data Collection
- NEC
- TCP
- Wastewater
- Lua
- Ethernet
- Visual Basic
- Programmable Logic Controllers
- Mentoring
