Lead Control Systems Engineer

Job Summary

Join our Control System Design Team as an Ignition Design Engineer. You’ll contribute to the design, configuration, and delivery of SCADA/BMS solutions built on Inductive Automation Ignition—collaborating remotely with CSEs, network engineers, and commissioning teams. Expect up to 20% travel for SFAT (site/factory acceptance testing), site walks, and commissioning support.

• Develop Ignition architectures:
  Gateway configuration, redundancy, security/roles, store-and-forward, and edge connectivity.
• Model clean tag/UDT structures (naming, inheritance, parameterization) and implement historian, alarming, and notification pipelines.
• Build HMIs/dashboards (Ignition Perspective/Vision), reusable templates, and navigation consistent with Thermo standards.
• Integrate PLCs/OT devices via OPC UA, Modbus/TCP, BACnet/IP, and vendor drivers; coordinate point lists with PLC and MEP teams.
• Author sequences of operation in software (scripts/expressions) and implement interlocks, modes, and per missives as designed.
• Produce/maintain I/O lists, network topologies, P&IDs markups, and control narratives; keep everything aligned to Thermo QMS.
• Write test plans and procedures; execute FAT/SFAT scripts; capture defects and close them with solid root-cause notes.
• Perform peer reviews and redlines for technical accuracy, formatting, and compliance with standards/templates.
• Generate turnover packages: gateway backups, tag exports, as-builts, O&M content, and training materials.

• Break down tasks, estimate effort, and hit schedule/budget targets on assigned work streams.
• Communicate proactively with PMs, site leads, vendors, and customers; surface risks early and offer options.
• Support onsite teams during start-up/commissioning (point-to-point, I/O checkouts, issue triage).

• B.S. in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer, or Controls Engineering—or equivalent technical discipline.
• 1–4 years total experience, including hands-on work with industrial/OT controls or SCADA (internships count).
• Demonstrated Ignition experience (projects, coursework, or prior roles). Ignition certification is a plus.

• Displays electrical and mechanical system troubleshooting skills.
• Demonstrate self-sufficiency in the field.
• Demonstrate the ability to lead other project members during installation, start-up, and commissioning.
• Lead and perform Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT).
• Read and interpret piping & instrumentation diagrams and wiring diagrams.
• Exhibit full understanding of Human-Machine Interface (HMI) and Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) applications.
• Well versed in the company’s Quality Management System (QMS).
• Provide review of standard documents generated by others for technical, grammatical, and aesthetic content.
• Demonstrate the ability to perform intermediate control system design with guidance from others.
• Provide instrumentation specifications for basic control systems.
• Demonstrate an understanding of Information Technology (IT) system, network infrastructure, and computer system design, as it relates to control system integration.

• Communicate in an effective, positive, and proactive manner with customers.
• Follow customer specific site standards and procedures.
• Always conduct business in professional manner.
• Provide excellent customer care and support.
• Be patient, attentive, and responsive to customers in solving their problems.
• Always follow up and honor commitments with customers.
• Develops an understanding of the customer needs and actively seeks to service those needs.
• Complete assigned tasks accurately, on schedule, and under budget.

• Understand the scope of work assigned to you, identify when issues arise that is beyond that scope, and communicate those issues to the assigned project lead.
• Lead individual project related tasks and/or small to mid-sized projects in their entirety.
• Provides accurate feedback on status of assigned tasks.
• Demonstrates an awareness of project contracts and specifications.

• Working knowledge of Ignition (Gateway, Designer, UDTs,…