Remote Controls Engineer: Ignition SCADA & PLC Integration

Edison Smart®

United States

Remote

USD 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

22 hours ago
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Job summary

Edison Smart® is seeking an experienced Ignition SCADA Controls Engineer to join our growing engineering team. You will deliver automation, SCADA and controls solutions across complex environments, taking projects from design through commissioning and ongoing support.

The role requires hands-on experience with Inductive Automation Ignition, SCADA development, and PLC integration, with the ability to manage full engineering lifecycles. Remote work with travel up to 50% is offered for senior roles.

Qualifications

  • Ignition 8.1 and/or 8.3 experience required.
  • Familiarity with Ignition Perspective and/or Vision.
  • PLC programming experience with Rockwell/Siemens platforms preferred.
  • Experience designing SCADA architectures, HMIs, alarms and dashboards.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop and implement Ignition SCADA applications using Vision and/or Perspective.
  • Develop SCADA architectures, HMIs, alarms, trends, dashboards and UIs.
  • Configure Ignition Gateway, OPC UA, SQL databases and industrial comms.
  • Develop PLC-to-SCADA communications across Allen-Bradley, Siemens and others.
  • Design PLC Programs and integrate industrial protocols (OPC UA, Modbus TCP, MQTT, Ethernet/IP).
  • Develop system architecture, specs, I/O docs and control narratives.

Skills

Ignition SCADA
SCADA development
PLC integration
HMI design
Alarms and trends
Dashboards
OPC UA
Industrial protocols
Ignition Perspective
Ignition Vision

Tools

Allen-Bradley Studio 5000
Siemens TIA Portal
Ignition 8.1/8.3
Ignition Perspective
Ignition Core/Gold Cert
SQL databases
Modbus TCP
MQTT
Ethernet/IP

Job description

Edison Smart® is seeking an experienced Ignition SCADA Controls Engineer to join our growing engineering team. You will deliver automation, SCADA and controls solutions across complex environments, taking projects from design through commissioning and ongoing support.

The role requires hands-on experience with Inductive Automation Ignition, SCADA development, and PLC integration, with the ability to manage full engineering lifecycles. Remote work with travel up to 50% is offered for senior roles.

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