Industrial Automation Engineer: Ignition SCADA & PLC

Proconex; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Proconex, Emerson Impact Partner, seeks a Systems Engineer with Ignition SCADA expertise to support, develop, and enhance manufacturing automation solutions for diverse industries including life sciences and manufacturing.

You will collaborate with operations, engineering, maintenance, IT, and OT teams to deliver reliable automation, troubleshoot PLCs/SCADA, implement upgrades, and create technical documentation for customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Automation, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 2+ years in industrial automation.
• 3+ years with Ignition SCADA development and support.
• 3+ years integrating PLC platforms (Rockwell, Siemens, Schneider).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement, and maintain Ignition HMI/SCADA apps and automation solutions.
• Integrate Ignition with PLCs, equipment, historians, databases, and other technologies.
• Configure and support industrial networks and protocols including OPC-UA, MQTT, Modbus, Ethernet/IP.
• Develop dashboards, reporting tools, visualizations, and interfaces for operations decisions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues involving PLCs, SCADA, databases, networks, and system integrations.
• Support automation system upgrades, migrations, deployments, and lifecycle management.
• Participate from requirements gathering through testing, commissioning, startup.
• Collaborate with operations, engineering, maintenance, IT, and quality teams.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, configurations, and testing records.
• Support validation and compliance activities in regulated environments when required.
• Monitor system performance and identify opportunities to improve reliability and efficiency.
• Serve as a trusted technical resource and provide training for customers.

Skills

Ignition SCADA development

Industrial automation experience

PLC integration

HMI/SCADA development

SQL/database experience

Troubleshooting automation

Customer-facing engineering support

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

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

Tools

Ignition

Rockwell PLC

Siemens PLC

Schneider PLC

OPC-UA

MQTT

Modbus

OSI PI

Ignition Historian

Emerson DeltaV

Job description

Proconex, Emerson Impact Partner, seeks a Systems Engineer with Ignition SCADA expertise to support, develop, and enhance manufacturing automation solutions for diverse industries including life sciences and manufacturing.

You will collaborate with operations, engineering, maintenance, IT, and OT teams to deliver reliable automation, troubleshoot PLCs/SCADA, implement upgrades, and create technical documentation for customers.