Ignition SCADA Systems Engineer

Proconex; Pottstown (Montgomery County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP/employee ownership

Premium medical benefits

401(k) match

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Proconex is seeking a Systems Engineer with Ignition SCADA expertise to design, develop, and support manufacturing automation solutions across Life Sciences and industrial environments. You’ll collaborate with operations, engineering, IT, and OT teams to deliver reliable automation and continuous improvement.

You will participate in projects from design through startup, document configurations, and support validation and compliance as needed.

Qualifications

• 3+ years with Ignition SCADA development and support.
• 3+ years with industrial automation systems in manufacturing environments.
• 3+ years integrating PLC platforms (Rockwell, Siemens, Schneider Electric).
• 3+ years developing HMI/SCADA applications for industrial operations.
• 2+ years with SQL databases, queries, and data integration.
• 2+ years troubleshooting automation, controls, and manufacturing systems.
• 2+ years in a customer-facing engineering or technical support role.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement, and maintain Ignition HMI/SCADA applications and industrial automation solutions.
• Integrate Ignition platforms with PLCs, historians, databases, and other OT.
• Configure and support networks and protocols (OPC-UA, MQTT, Modbus, Ethernet/IP).
• Develop dashboards, reporting tools, visualizations, and UIs for operations.
• Troubleshoot PLCs, SCADA, databases, networks, and system integrations to minimize downtime.
• Support automation upgrades, migrations, deployments, and lifecycle management.
• Participate from requirements through startup on projects.
• Collaborate with operations, engineering, maintenance, IT, and quality teams.
• Create and maintain technical documentation and support procedures.
• Support validation and compliance activities in regulated environments when required.
• Monitor system performance and identify reliability improvements.
• Serve as a technical resource for customers and provide training.

Skills

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Customer-facing experience

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, CS, Automation, Electrical

Tools

Ignition SCADA

SQL databases

Job description

Proconex is seeking a Systems Engineer with Ignition SCADA expertise to design, develop, and support manufacturing automation solutions across Life Sciences and industrial environments. You’ll collaborate with operations, engineering, IT, and OT teams to deliver reliable automation and continuous improvement.

You will participate in projects from design through startup, document configurations, and support validation and compliance as needed.