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Salary: USD 120,000 - 140,000 / annual
Harbinger Motors is an American commercial electric vehicle (EV) company transforming the medium-duty EV and hybrid market. The company is seeking an MES & Ignition Developer to design and develop reporting, visualization, and automation solutions for manufacturing operations.
In this hands-on role, you will transform data from Harbinger's Manufacturing Execution System (Siemens OpCenter) into actionable real-time insights using Inductive Automation's Ignition platform. You'll work closely with manufacturing, engineering, quality, and IT teams to translate operational needs into reliable, scalable technical solutions.
Key responsibilities include:
- Design and develop real-time Ignition dashboards for plant-floor operators, supervisors, and leadership, displaying production KPIs, OEE, throughput, downtime, quality, and other manufacturing metrics
- Build and automate daily production, quality, and downtime reporting using the Ignition Reporting Module
- Configure event-driven alerts and notifications for production events, equipment faults, quality deviations, and critical conditions
- Integrate Ignition with Siemens OpCenter and related manufacturing data sources using SQL and relational databases
- Develop and optimize SQL queries, stored procedures, and data models for accurate and efficient reporting
- Write Python/Jython scripts within Ignition to support custom logic, data manipulation, and automated workflows
- Design intuitive, high-visibility industrial interfaces optimized for workstations and plant-floor displays
- Partner directly with manufacturing leaders, engineers, supervisors, and operators to gather requirements and translate operational challenges into technical solutions
- Monitor and maintain the Ignition environment, including gateway performance, user access, security, and system connectivity
- Troubleshoot data, application, and integration issues across Ignition, MES, and related manufacturing systems
- Support the continued development and scalability of Harbinger's manufacturing technology ecosystem as production grows
Requirements:
- Hands-on experience developing applications using Inductive Automation Ignition, including experience with Perspective and/or Vision
- Experience with Ignition Reporting, alarming, notifications, or related platform functionality
- Strong SQL skills, including experience querying relational databases and working with complex datasets
- Experience with Python/Jython scripting or similar programming languages
- Understanding of manufacturing processes and metrics such as OEE, cycle time, throughput, downtime, scrap, and quality
- Experience integrating applications with MES, manufacturing databases, or other production systems
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across applications, databases, and system integrations
- Ability to gather requirements from technical and non-technical stakeholders and translate them into effective technical solutions
- Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally within a fast-paced manufacturing environment
Preferred Qualifications:
- Inductive Automation Ignition Core or Gold Certification
- Experience with Siemens OpCenter or comparable enterprise MES platform
- Experience developing or integrating MES applications within a manufacturing environment
- Strong understanding of industrial UI/UX principles, including designing clear, high-contrast interfaces for plant-floor use
- Experience supporting manufacturing technology in a high-growth or rapidly scaling production environment
