Sr. IMS Engineer

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

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Job Summary

Senior IMSEngineer responsible for the design, deployment, and support of manufacturing and data systems. This role is pivotal in introducing new automation equipment, integrating systems, improving processes, and driving cost-reduction initiatives across global manufacturing sites.

Responsibilities

• Design, document, implement, and maintain essential Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems for automated manufacturing equipment and manual processes.
• Interface automated and manual manufacturing equipment with plant information systems (MES) and enterprise data platforms.
• Provide technical guidance and expertise related to SCADA and manufacturing data systems to ensure operational reliability, cybersecurity, and data integrity.
• Collaborate with automation equipment vendors to design and document equipment interface specifications.
• Gather and document feedback from manufacturing sites to include in system design and continuous improvement.
• Work with Process Engineering to determine and provide process data to data historians at appropriate time intervals.
• Execute project assignments in a team-based environment with minimal supervision.

Work Hours

Traditionally Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Must be flexible and available to work some after-hours and weekends, as required to support operational requirements.

Travel Requirements

Up to 50% travel, including international travel to locations such as Mexico, Poland, and China.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or equivalent.
• 5 years of experience in SCADA development (Ignition, Client iFix, or similar), Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), and programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, SQL).
• 3 years of experience integrating automated and manual manufacturing equipment with plant Information Management Systems (IMS).
• 1 year of experience with industrial communication protocols (e.g., OPC UA, Modbus, Ethernet/IP, MQTT, etc.).
• Ability to travel globally.

Desired Skills

• Advanced experience with Inductive Automation Ignition (Perspective, Vision, scripting).
• Ignition Gold certification.
• Experience configuring Aveva PI System (Asset Framework, Event Frames, PI Vision), and with Siemens, Omron, and Allen-Bradley PLCs.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish.