Automation Engineer: Ai-Driven Ops For Customer Care

Jobtailor; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 60.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

SistelGroup seeks a Senior Automation Engineer to lead Ignition-based SCADA development and system integration on international projects in regulated industries. You will design, build and standardize Ignition solutions, collaborate with commercial teams, and mentor engineers while delivering robust digitalization deployments.

The role focuses on design, coding, and client-facing demonstrations, with occasional travel and a strong emphasis on documentation and best practices across multiple

Formación

• Degree in engineering (industrial, automation, electronics, CS) or equivalent experience.
• 5–8 years in industrial automation/SCADA or industrial software development.
• Experience developing Ignition projects (Perspective/ Vision, tags, UDTs, alarms, historian).
• Strong Python and SQL skills (SQL Server, PostgreSQL or MySQL).
• Experience with OPC UA and connecting to PLC systems.
• Experience with Git and code reviews.
• Client-facing confidence to present solutions and estimates.
• Fluent Spanish and English (written and spoken).
• Willingness to travel occasionally with the commercial team.

Responsabilidades

• Ignition and SCADA development: design/build Ignition apps, tags/UDTs, alarms, historian, gateway configuration and SQL scripts.
• Integration and communications: connect PLC/DCS to databases, historians, reports and cloud services; set up OPC UA, MQTT, Modbus, REST APIs; ensure IT/OT network separation.
• Standards and reusable components: write SCADA engineering standards; build templates and libraries; participate in design/code reviews and documentation.
• New solutions and technical support: design technical solutions and prepare estimates; front-end engineering consulting and demos for clients; develop prototypes and train engineers on platforms and standards.

Conocimientos

Ignition

Python

SQL

OPC UA

Spanish-English

Educación

Engineering degree

Herramientas

Git

Descripción del empleo

Senior Automation Engineer, Ignition Specialist

Senior Automation Engineer, Ignition Specialist

ABOUT US

SistelGroup is a specialist in industrial automation and digital transformation. We work in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and food & beverage sectors.

We have more than 30 years of experience. We design and deploy process control and plant connectivity solutions, and we integrate systems so that our clients can work more efficiently, more safely and with full traceability.

When you join us, you will work on international projects with advanced Industry 4.0 and digitalization technologies for leading pharmaceutical companies. You will also build your career in a group that covers both industrial automation and digital transformation for the manufacturing industry

THE ROLE

We are looking for a Senior Automation Engineer to join our central engineering team. This team designs SCADA and digitalization solutions, writes engineering standards, supports the commercial team on new opportunities, and helps the project teams with difficult technical problems.

Your main work is design and development, and you are a Builder. You will build Ignition applications, connect them to plant systems and to higher-level systems, and create the standards and reusable components that our project teams use. This is an office-based engineering role.

Ignition is one of our core platforms and we work with it every day. You will be a Lead Ignition Specialist, and the person other engineers come to for help with the platform. You will also work with the other systems we use — AVEVA System Platform, Wonderware InTouch, iFIX, Siemens WinCC, PCS 7, and more.

You will also help the commercial team win new projects: designing the technical solution and architecture, preparing the estimate, and building demonstrations for clients.

Most of our clients work in regulated industries, so well-documented engineering is key.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Ignition and SCADA development

• Design and build Ignition applications: Perspective and Vision, tags and UDTs, alarms, historian, reports and Gateway configuration.
• Write scripts and queries in Python and SQL, and design the databases behind the applications.
• Develop and improve SCADA applications on our other platforms, including upgrades of older applications.

Integration and communications

• Connect PLC and DCS systems (Siemens, Rockwell, Schneider, Omron) to databases, historians, reports and cloud services.
• Set up industrial communications: OPC UA, MQTT and Sparkplug B, Modbus, Profinet and REST APIs.
• Design solutions for virtual and container infrastructure, with secure separation between IT and OT networks.
• Integrations to MES, ERP, Databases, and other digital manufacturing systems.

Standards and reusable components

• Write and maintain our SCADA engineering standards, so that the same approach works on Ignition, Siemens, AVEVA, and more.
• Build reusable templates and component libraries that make projects faster and more consistent.
• Take part in design and code reviews, and write clear technical documentation.

New solutions and technical support

• Design technical solutions and prepare estimates for new opportunities, together with the commercial team.
• Work on front-end engineering consultation and design for key customers looking to develop their digital foundation.
• Build and present demonstrations and proofs of concept for clients.
• Turn new ideas into working prototypes.
• Help the project teams solve difficult technical problems, and train engineers on our platforms and standards.

REQUIREMENTS

• Degree in engineering (industrial, automation, electronics, computer science) or equivalent experience.
• 5–8 years of experience in industrial automation and SCADA engineering, or in industrial software development.
• Proven hands‑on experience developing Ignition projects: Perspective and/or Vision, tags and UDTs, alarms, historian and Gateway administration.
• Good Python and SQL skills (SQL Server, PostgreSQL or MySQL).
• Experience with industrial communication protocols (OPC UA).
• Experience connecting to PLC systems.
• Experience with Git and code reviews.
• Confidence with clients: you can present a solution and explain an estimate.
• Spanish and English, spoken and written.
• Available for occasional travel to visit clients together with the commercial team.

DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE AND CERTIFICATIONS

The following skills are nice‑to‑have and will support the innovative engineering initiatives at our company.

• Ignition Gold Certification or Ignition Core Certification (Inductive Automation).
• Development of Ignition projects using MQTT and REST APIs.
• Historians and industrial data platforms: AVEVA OSI PI, AspenTech Inmation or similar.
• Azure cloud certification, or equivalent cloud experience.
• Experience in pharmaceutical, chemical or food & beverage manufacturing, and in GMP environments (GAMP 5, 21 CFR Part 11, Annex 11).
• Sepasoft modules for Ignition, or Cirrus Link MQTT modules.
• Vendor certification in Siemens (SITRAIN, TIA Portal or WinCC), AVEVA System Platform / InTouch, or iFIX.
• Unified Namespace and Sparkplug B data architectures, and edge computing.
• Experience setting a platform standard inside a company — not only using the platform, but defining how others use it.
• Experience mentoring engineers.
• Containers and CI/CD (Docker, Kubernetes, Git pipelines).
• Data analysis and dashboards (Power BI, Grafana or similar).

WHAT WE OFFER

• A senior role with real technical ownership.
• Opportunity to collaborate with Commercial team on front‑end consultation and design activities for strategic customers.
• Ability to design and influence the foundation of Ignition development at key international customers.
• Variety: several platforms, several sectors, and projects that are different from each other.
• A specialized and collaborative technical team. We are a people‑oriented company, with special focus on ensuring the best environment for our engineers to work and collaborate.
• Visibility across the whole company.
• Competitive salary according to your experience.
• Flexible working hours and hybrid work.

POSITION DETAILS

• Contract: permanent, full‑time.