SCADA Engineer - Ignition Platform (5-10 yrs)

Core Job Responsibilities :

- Work on the inception phase of projects, including collecting requirements, suggesting methodologies and technologies, and release planning.

- Active researcher, keeping up with the latest trends in software development.

- Influence and strengthen agile development culture

- Inspire, mentor, and encourage developers to apply industry's best practices.

- Design and develop SCADA systems built around the Ignition platform.

- Lead the implementation of system integration between PLC, SCADA, MES and other third-party systems.

- Design, architecture, development, coding, testing (acceptance/FAT/SAT/UAT) and commissioning.

- Develop documentation including creating test scripts as required for validated facilities.

- Provide mentoring of fellow project members

- Work as a team player in project teams

- Work effectively at different levels within project teams, client organizations and sales

- Act as a liaison between the internal project team, internal management, and customer project teams and management

- Engagement with Tendering teams to develop Software design & development program/man hour budgets for new projects.

- Understand the project scope and financials and participate in the framing and quoting of projects to ensure successful project execution.

- Identify change orders and justify changes to Project Management; resolve issues and establish priorities between projects.

- Start-up of complex systems at customers' site

- Proactively develop customer relationships; anticipate and provide solutions to customer needs giving high priority to customer satisfaction.

Key Competencies (Must Have) :

- Must have hands-on experience on Ignition SCADA.

- Should know Install, configure, Architecture, Licensing, Scripting, Reporting in Ignition.

- Hands-on experience in both Perspective and Vision views in Ignition.

- Experience in communication Protocols like Siemens, Rockwell, Mitsubishi, OPC(UA&DA), XML.

- Knowledge of the programming languages (VBA, Python)

- IIOT (Industry Internet of Things )

- Industry 4.0, factory Automation

- Communication Protocols

- Industrial Protocols, Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)

- Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)

- Strong database skills (SQL and NoSql)

- Good knowledge in electrical schematic designs and component designs and all embedded controller interfaces.

- Define functional requirements for PLC, SCADA and MES solutions and interfaces through client workshops and documentation analysis.

- Develop detailed designs, implement, troubleshoot and test PLC, SCADA and MES integration solutions that meet client/project requirements.

- Experience in template development and troubleshooting.

- Experience in server-client architecture

- Experience in developing and Testing of the code.

- Flexible to work in any part of the SCADA development.

- Experienced in network and field bus modules Modbus TCP, Ethernet/Ethercat, TCP/IP

- Design, code and test components used within MES, including reports and interfaces to various 3rd party systems like ERP, LIMS, QMS or CMMS

- Co-ordinate and carry out Full Functional Factory Testing (including UAT) of the PLC/HMI, SCADA and MES system

Good to have/Desirable Skills :

- Knowledge of field instrumentation, Intelligent & Conventional MCCs, Power Management, VSDs, Telemetry etc

- To develop and improve systems in line with industry best practice as part of company's continuous improvement program and SOPs.

- Familiar with Change Control methods

- Quickly learn new skills and technologies

- Knowledgeable in ISA S95 and S88 standards and terminologies

- Experience with Manufacturing/Infrastructure Industries (Power, Water, OEM/Industrial Products, Transportation/Automotive, Process Industries, Healthcare/Medical Devices etc.)

Minimum Qualifications :

- Master's degree or Bachelor's degree in Engineering with 3-5 years' experience working with Industrial PLCs, SCADA and MES of various makes from Rockwell/AB, Siemens, B&R and other makes with Ignition SCADA experience (Ignition SCADA must).

- At least 2 years of any software development experience & 5 years of developing software using any hardware interface including design, development, testing, implementation and remote commissioning support.