SCADA Engineer - Ignition Specialist for Renewables

Idaho Society of Professional Engineers; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with matching

Medical, dental, vision insurance

18 vacation days in first year

Job summary

Longroad Energy in the United States is seeking an experienced SCADA Engineer to develop and support the LongView enterprise platform across 50+ solar, storage, and wind projects. The role focuses roughly 60% on LongView application development (Ignition-based views, dashboards, KPIs) and 40% on fleet SCADA integration and support, coordinating with EPC vendors and O&M teams.

You will work with Ignition Perspective/Vision, implement alarms, and develop data historization while ensuring reliable

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in SCADA & Automation with a focus on SCADA integration.
• 4+ years of experience with Inductive Automation Ignition SCADA, including Perspective and/or Vision module development, scripting, tag systems, and UDT architecture.
• Strong experience with Python for Ignition scripting and automation.
• Experience working with Ignition Historians, SQL, and database technologies.
• Experience working with TCP/IP layer 1 and layer 2 concepts, and fundamental knowledge of layer 3 and layer 4 concepts.
• Working knowledge of industrial protocols, particularly Modbus (RTU & TCP), OPC UA, and MQTT.
• Experience working on utility-scale solar, energy storage, or wind projects.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment.
• Travel up to 30%

Responsibilities

• Review drawing sets and participate in project commissioning meetings.
• Perform Owner’s SCADA integration.
• Conduct field verification, testing, and validation activities.
• Perform LongView SCADA integrations.
• Develop and Maintain LongView Applications.
• Design custom alarm strategies, priority pipelines, and downtime management workflows.
• Develop and maintain time-series data historization, including movement into cloud storage.
• Integrate SCADA systems with enterprise applications to automate ROC and site workflows.
• Support metadata, UDT, and templatization processes.
• Provide SCADA support to EPC vendors, O&M technicians, regulatory agencies, utility offtakers, and internal stakeholders.

Skills

SCADA & Automation

Ignition (Perspective/Vision)

Python scripting

SQL & databases

Industrial protocols (Modbus/OPC UA/MQ

Travel willingness

Tools

Ignition

Historians

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Longroad Energy in the United States is seeking an experienced SCADA Engineer to develop and support the LongView enterprise platform across 50+ solar, storage, and wind projects. The role focuses roughly 60% on LongView application development (Ignition-based views, dashboards, KPIs) and 40% on fleet SCADA integration and support, coordinating with EPC vendors and O&M teams.

You will work with Ignition Perspective/Vision, implement alarms, and develop data historization while ensuring reliable