[Remote] Ignition SCADA/MES Deployment & Validation Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. HCL Global Systems Inc is seeking an Ignition SCADA/MES Deployment and Validation Engineer to support the deployment and validation of Ignition-based solutions in a manufacturing environment. The role involves ensuring the system is properly configured and validated for production use, requiring travel to manufacturing sites for hands-on support and testing activities.


Responsibilities

  • Ignition 8.1+ Deployment and Configuration
  • SCADA/MES Integration and Validation
  • SQL and Database Troubleshooting
  • Industrial Connectivity and Protocols
  • Ignition Scripting and Automation Logic Validation
  • Supporting the deployment, commissioning, integration, testing, and production readiness of an Ignition-based SCADA/MES solution for a manufacturing environment
  • Verifying system installation
  • Validating integration with plant systems
  • Confirming end-to-end data flow
  • Supporting testing activities
  • Troubleshooting deployment issues
  • Documenting evidence of correct system behavior
  • Working closely with engineering, operations, controls, IT, vendors, and project stakeholders to ensure the solution is properly deployed, tested across all required layers, and ready for production use
  • Providing hands-on plant-floor support for commissioning, testing, manufacturing workflow validation, cutover, go-live, and post-go-live support activities

Skills

  • At least 4 years of hands-on experience deploying, configuring, and validating Ignition 8.1+ in a live manufacturing or plant-floor environment
  • Completed at least 3 SCADA/MES implementations involving end-to-end data flow validation from PLCs or plant systems into Ignition and downstream systems such as historians, MES tables, dashboards, alarms, or reports
  • Strong hands-on experience with Ignition 8.1+, including Gateway deployment, project publishing, client rollout, and Perspective application validation
  • Proficient in Python scripting/Jython within Ignition, including the ability to verify automation logic, event handling, and runtime behavior
  • Strong SQL and database skills, including the ability to validate data integrity, troubleshoot stored procedures, and confirm schema behavior across multiple tables in a SCADA/MES environment
  • Hands-on experience deploying and validating SCADA and MES systems, including data acquisition, visualization, historian integration, reporting, and production workflow validation
  • Familiar with industrial protocols and onsite plant integration, including OPC UA, MQTT, PLC connectivity, and manufacturing system interfaces
  • Strong understanding of data modeling, historian systems, and real-time data processing in live manufacturing environments
  • Experience with test planning, defect triage, validation documentation, and end-to-end testing of integrated industrial systems
  • Able to work onsite with operations, maintenance, controls, engineering, IT, and vendor teams during commissioning, testing, cutover, go-live, and hypercare
  • Experience with Ignition Gateway scripting, tag configuration, security models, and role-based access validation
  • Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for validating advanced Perspective customizations
  • Experience with FTP/SFTP for file-based integrations and deployment-related data exchange
  • Exposure to manufacturing workflows, OEE, production tracking, and reporting validation
  • Familiarity with commissioning documentation, traceability matrices, and validation/test evidence packages
  • Experience supporting multi-environment promotion, including dev/test/prod movement and production cutover activities

Company Overview

  • HCL Global Systems is a staffing and recruiting company providing consulting and business solutions. It was founded in 2005, and is headquartered in Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is

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