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Salary: USD 105,980 - 194,390 / annual
Divergent 3D is building advanced manufacturing systems for automotive OEMs and aerospace/defense companies. The Automation & Controls Engineer (SCADA) will own the development and operation of the Ignition SCADA platform that manages factory data, facility data, and industrial telemetry across Divergent's Adaptive Production System (DAPS).
Key responsibilities include:
- Develop and maintain the Ignition SCADA platform for factory, facility, and equipment data management
- 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 across the business
- Support reliability and performance of the SCADA environment, troubleshooting communications, data quality, and application issues
- Collaborate with manufacturing, facilities, automation, IT, and other technical teams to translate operational needs into data and visualization solutions
- Contribute to broader automation controls development and commissioning activities, including new DAPS factory modules and R&D systems
The role combines industrial automation knowledge with software and data engineering mindset, offering growth opportunities into PLC controls, robotics, motion control, and electrical systems. Work environment is 100% onsite in office and factory settings with minimal travel and exposure to moving mechanical parts.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Basic:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or relevant discipline, OR relevant automation & controls experience
- Ability to lawfully access information and technology subject to US export controls
Preferred:
- Hands-on experience with Inductive Automation Ignition (Perspective, Gateway administration, tags, scripting, alarming)
- Experience integrating industrial equipment using OPC UA, MQTT/Sparkplug B, or other industrial communications protocols
- Industrial databases, SQL, historians, reporting, and operational dashboards
- Industrial networking, connectivity, and troubleshooting
- Software engineering practices, version control (Git), testing, and maintainable code
- PLC programming using IEC 61131-3 languages; Beckhoff TwinCAT experience a plus
- Industrial automation hardware, fieldbus interfaces, and motion control
- Industrial robotics, controls commissioning, or R&D systems
- Electrical schematic tools (EPLAN or AutoCAD Electrical), NEC/NFPA 79/UL 508A standards, and industrial safety principles
