Ignition SCADA Systems Engineer

Proconex; Royersford (Montgomery County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Premium medical

401K match

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Proconex is seeking a Systems Engineer with Ignition SCADA expertise to support and expand automation in life sciences and manufacturing environments. You will collaborate with operations, maintenance, IT, and OT teams to deliver scalable automation solutions and improve performance across customers.

You will design, develop, and validate Ignition-based HMIs/SCADA systems, integrate platforms with PLCs and historians, and contribute to system upgrades, validation, and lifecycle management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline and 2+ years industrial automation experience.
• 3+ years of Ignition SCADA development and support experience.
• 3+ years in manufacturing environments with industrial automation systems.
• 3+ years integrating PLC platforms such as Rockwell, Siemens, Schneider Electric, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement, and maintain Ignition HMI/SCADA applications and industrial automation solutions.
• Integrate Ignition platforms with PLCs, equipment, historians, databases, and other OT systems.
• Configure and support OPC-UA, MQTT, Modbus, and Ethernet/IP networks and protocols.
• Develop dashboards, reporting tools, visualizations, and interfaces for operations and performance.
• Troubleshoot issues across PLCs, SCADA, databases, networks, and integrations to minimize downtime.

Skills

Ignition SCADA

Industrial automation

HMI/SCADA design

PLC integration

OPC-UA / MQTT / Modbus

SQL databases

Cross-functional collaboration

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering/related

Tools

OSI PI

Ignition Historian

Canary

Rockwell/Siemens/Schneider PLCs

Job description

Proconex is seeking a Systems Engineer with Ignition SCADA expertise to support and expand automation in life sciences and manufacturing environments. You will collaborate with operations, maintenance, IT, and OT teams to deliver scalable automation solutions and improve performance across customers.

You will design, develop, and validate Ignition-based HMIs/SCADA systems, integrate platforms with PLCs and historians, and contribute to system upgrades, validation, and lifecycle management.