Divergent Automation & Controls Engineer (SCADA) at Divergent to develop and maintain Ignition SCADA platform managing factory and facility data. Deliver practical automation solutions and support broader controls engineering activities.
Responsibilities
Own, develop, and maintain the Ignition SCADA platform used to manage factory, facility, and equipment data and telemetry.
Design and deploy SCADA applications, operator interfaces, dashboards, trends, alarms, and reporting tools for production and engineering teams.
Integrate PLCs, manufacturing equipment, facility systems, and other industrial data sources into a reliable, scalable factory data architecture.
Establish and maintain consistent data structures, tag standards, naming conventions, and interfaces that make operational data accessible across the business.
Support the reliability and performance of the SCADA environment, troubleshooting communications, data quality, and application issues.
Work closely with manufacturing, facilities, automation, IT, and other technical teams to translate operational needs into effective data and visualization solutions.
Contribute to broader automation controls development and commissioning activities as opportunities arise, including new DAPS factory modules and R&D systems.
Qualification
Experience with industrial databasesKnowledge of industrial networkingExperience with industrial robotics
Required
Ability to lawfully access information and technology that is subject to US export controls.
Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or relevant discipline, or relevant automation & controls experience.
Preferred
Hands-on experience with Inductive Automation Ignition (Perspective, Gateway administration, tags, scripting, and alarming).
Experience integrating industrial equipment and facility systems using OPC UA, MQTT/Sparkplug B, or other industrial communications protocols.
Experience with industrial databases, SQL, historians, reporting, and operational dashboards.
Knowledge of industrial networking, connectivity, and troubleshooting.
Experience with sound software engineering practices, version control (Git), testing, and maintainable code.
Experience with PLC programming using IEC 61131-3 languages; Beckhoff TwinCAT experience is a plus.
Exposure to industrial automation hardware, fieldbus interfaces, and motion control.
Experience with industrial robotics, controls commissioning, or R&D systems.
