SCADA development Engineer develops Human-Machine Interface (HMI) application software per the contract documents and System Control Narrative using Third-Party software development packages, such as Ignition SCADA (Inductive Automation), VT SCADA, Wonderware's InTouch, Rockwell Software's RSView, and Intellution's IFIX.
As a SCADA development engineer you demonstrate HMI expertise not limited to; setting up computer system hardware for HMI development, networks, configuring SCADA application software, developing custom reports, and providing HMI training, if necessary.
Develop custom Operational and State Reports per the Owners requirements.
Good communications skills and the ability to work well with global teams are essential. Experience in Water & Wastewater industry will be added advantage.
Receives project requirements and direction through meetings with the Regional or Project Manager and review of the contract documents.
Generates and gathers all required final project documentation.
Provides technical assistance to Customers.

Technical Skills:

P&ID: Ability to read piping & Instrumentation (P&ID) diagrams to utilize them for extrapolating the process information on HMIs.
I/O tags: Ability to utilize I/O list to develop HMI tags, including the use of UDTs (User-Defined Types) for Ignition software.
Master Objects: Understanding and ability to create a master-objects to support HMI development.
HMI Development: Experience with graphic development on platforms such as Perspective (Ignition), VTSCADA and Symbols (AVEVA System Platform).
Alarming: Expertise in alarm configuration and management.
Data Logging: Knowledge of approaches for data logging and management.
Trending: Knowledge of methods used for data trending and representation.
Screen Navigation: Understanding of navigation philosophy between different screens and faceplates handled.
Security: Familiarity with implementing user roles, privileges and security measures in SCADA.
System Optimization: Knowledge of methods used to optimize system performance (memory usage, load times, etc.)
Historical Data Management: Knowledge of methods used for managing historical data and integrating with existing databases.
FAT Procedures: Ability to develop detailed procedures for Factory Acceptance Testing within HMI development.
QC Processes: Demonstrate standard methods for Quality Control throughout HMI development & testing.
Operational Manuals: Ability to demonstrate methodology for creating comprehensive and user-friendly operational manuals specific to HMIs.

Experience as well as understanding of the following:

HMI/SCADA Software Project Development (must)
Graphical Animation of Process Data (must)
Process Data Entry and Display (must)
Alarming and Annunciation (must)
Trending (must)
Data Logging of Process Data (must)
VB & VBA Programming, Python Scripting, Handling SQL queries, Historian, Reporting
Industrial Network Communication Design and Implementation

Sr. Application Engineer – Control Systems (SCADA