Industrial Automation Engineer

Ness Digital Engineering; Pune District, Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Ness Digital Engineering is hiring for an Industrial AI/OT consultant in Pune, India. You will work across Production, Assets, and Compliance to assess value, baseline KPIs and design AI-enabled workflows. You will collaborate with operators and engineers to overcome process constraints and drive measurable improvements.

You will bring expertise in MES/SCADA, ICS connectivity and AI-enabled decision support, delivering governance and frontline integration across multiple plants.

Qualifications

• Must understand manufacturing ops and shop-floor processes.
• Experience with MES/MOM, SCADA, Historian, PLC & industrial connectivity.
• Know-how on OEE, quality, maintenance, downtime and production performance.
• Understanding of ISA-95 IT/OT integration.
• Experience conducting customer workshops, discovery & assessments.
• Ability to translate operational problems into measurable outcomes.
• Strong customer-facing and problem-solving skills.
• Working knowledge of Generative AI, LLMs, RAG & AI agents.
• Know when to use LLMs vs ML/optimization/deterministic logic.
• Understanding of human-in-the-loop and governed AI patterns.
• Awareness of OT cybersecurity (IEC 62443) is a plus.
• Multi-plant deployment experience is a bonus.
• Experience with predictive maintenance, production optimization or Industrial AI.
• Exposure to cloud/edge/hybrid industrial architectures.

Responsibilities

• Conduct plant assessments and identify high-value use cases across Production, Assets and Compliance.
• Baseline KPIs such as OEE, throughput, downtime, scrap, quality, maintenance and labor productivity.
• Work with operators and engineers to understand process constraints and operational blockers to value.
• Engineer context across PLC/SCADA, Historian, MES, ERP, CMMS and QMS.
• Design Industrial AI workflows using LLMs, RAG, ML, optimization and deterministic logic where appropriate.
• Validate AI recommendations in shadow mode and implement human-in-the-loop patterns.
• Embed solutions into frontline operator and engineering workflows.
• Measure KPI impact and convert deployments into reusable patterns for other lines/plants.
• Collaborate with product SMEs and feed recurring requirements back into the product roadmap.

Skills

Manufacturing operations

MES/MOM & SCADA

OEE & production performance

ISA-95 IT/OT integration

Workshops & discovery

Translate operational problems

Customer-facing skills

Generative AI / LLMs / RAG

LLM vs ML decision making

Human-in-the-loop governance

OT cybersecurity awareness

Multi-plant deployment

Predictive maintenance / production

Cloud/edge/hybrid architectures

Tools

Kepware

Proficy

ThingWorx

IIoT platform

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct plant assessments and identify high-value use cases across Production, Assets and Compliance
• Baseline KPIs such as OEE, throughput, downtime, scrap, quality, maintenance and labor productivity
• Work with operators and engineers to understand process constraints and the operational decisions blocking value
• Engineer context across PLC/SCADA, Historian, MES, ERP, CMMS and QMS
• Design Industrial AI / Agentic AI workflows using LLMs, RAG, ML, optimization and deterministic rules where appropriate
• Validate AI recommendations in shadow mode and implement human-in-the-loop / governed-action patterns
• Embed solutions into frontline operator and engineering workflows
• Measure KPI impact and convert successful implementations into reusable deployment patterns for other lines and plants
• Work closely with product SMEs and feed recurring customer requirements back into the product roadmap.

Required Skills

Manufacturing & OT

• Strong understanding of manufacturing operations and shop-floor processes
• Experience with MES/MOM, SCADA, Historian, PLC and industrial connectivity
• Knowledge of OEE, quality, maintenance, downtime and production performance
• Understanding of ISA-95 and IT/OT integration

Consulting

• Experience conducting customer workshops, discovery and assessment engagements
• Ability to translate operational problems into measurable business and technical outcomes
• Strong customer-facing and problem-solving skills

Industrial Software

• Experience with at least one MES, SCADA, Historian or IIoT platform
• Experience with Kepware, Proficy or ThingWorx is highly preferred

AI / Agentic AI

• Working understanding of Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, AI agents, tool calling and evaluation.
• Ability to determine when to use LLMs versus ML, optimization or deterministic logic.
• Understanding of human-in-the-loop and governed AI patterns

Preferred

• IEC 62443 / OT cybersecurity awareness
• Multi-plant manufacturing deployment experience
• Experience with predictive maintenance, production optimization, quality analytics or Industrial AI
• Exposure to cloud/edge/hybrid industrial architectures