Senior IMS Engineer: Global Manufacturing Automation

PEAK Technical Services Inc.; Hickory (NC); On-site; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

PEAK Technical Services Inc. seeks a Senior IMSEngineer to design, deploy, and support manufacturing data systems. This role drives automation equipment integration, process improvement, and cost-reduction initiatives across global sites.

Responsibilities include designing and maintaining SCADA systems (Ignition, iFix or similar), interfacing equipment with MES and IMS, ensuring reliability, cybersecurity, and data integrity, collaborating with vendors, and supporting continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level engineering degree or equivalent in a related field.
• 5 years' SCADA development experience (Ignition/iFix or similar).
• 3 years' experience integrating equipment with IMS/PLM/ MES.
• 1 year' experience with industrial protocols (OPC UA, Modbus, Ethernet/IP, MQTT).
• Ability to travel globally.

Responsibilities

• Design, document, implement, and maintain SCADA systems for manufacturing.
• Interface equipment with MES and enterprise data platforms.
• Provide SCADA expertise ensuring reliability, cybersecurity, and data integrity.
• Collaborate with vendors to design interface specifications.
• Gather feedback from sites for system design and continuous improvement.
• Work with Process Engineering to provide process data to historians.
• Execute project assignments in a team-based environment with minimal supervision.

Skills

Python

Java

SQL

SCADA development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering/Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/Mechatronics or equivalent

Tools

Ignition

iFix

OPC UA

Modbus

Ethernet/IP

MQTT

Aveva PI System

Siemens PLCs

Omron PLCs

Allen-Bradley PLCs

Job description

PEAK Technical Services Inc. seeks a Senior IMSEngineer to design, deploy, and support manufacturing data systems. This role drives automation equipment integration, process improvement, and cost-reduction initiatives across global sites.

Responsibilities include designing and maintaining SCADA systems (Ignition, iFix or similar), interfacing equipment with MES and IMS, ensuring reliability, cybersecurity, and data integrity, collaborating with vendors, and supporting continuous improvement.