Controls HMI Engineer

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The Controls HMI Engineer designs, develops, tests, deploys, and commissions industrial human-machine interface (HMI) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) solutions for automated material handling and parcel logistics systems. The role applies HMI/SCADA, PLC integration, industrial networking, database connectivity, and visualization expertise to deliver safe, reliable, maintainable, and operator-focused systems.

The Controls HMI Engineer supports the full project lifecycle, including requirements definition, functional design, software development, emulation, factory acceptance testing, field commissioning, site acceptance testing, customer training, and post-deployment support. This position collaborates with controls, electrical, mechanical, software, commissioning, project management, and customer teams to ensure the visualization solution integrates successfully with the overall automation system.

The position contributes to HMI engineering standards, reusable graphic libraries, alarm management practices, software quality processes, technical documentation, and continuous improvement across the organization.

• You will design, develop, configure, test, deploy, and commission HMI and SCADA applications for material handling, sortation, warehouse automation, and parcel logistics systems in accordance with project specifications and customer requirements
• Develop and maintain reusable graphic libraries, equipment faceplates, navigation structures, templates, and scripts. Create operator displays, system overviews, diagnostics, alarm summaries, trends, reports, and maintenance interfaces using consistent engineering practices
• Translate customer standards, sequences of operation, control narratives, electrical drawings, and functional requirements into maintainable HMI/SCADA designs and testable software deliverables
• You will integrate HMI/SCADA applications with PLCs, OPC UA servers, industrial databases, historians, reporting tools, and warehouse control or execution systems to support reliable data exchange and system operation
• Support emulation, simulation, virtual commissioning, factory acceptance testing (FAT), site acceptance testing (SAT), and performance validation to verify system functionality and compliance with project requirements
• Diagnose and resolve HMI/SCADA, PLC communication, industrial network, database, alarm, scripting, and visualization issues. Collaborate with controls, electrical, mechanical, software, commissioning, project management, installation, and customer teams to achieve project objectives
• Provide technical guidance and knowledge transfer to engineering, commissioning, operations, and maintenance personnel. Implement appropriate industrial cybersecurity and access-control practices in accordance with project, customer, and information security requirements
• Travel up to 40% of the year, including short-duration assignments and multiple 10/4 rotations, based on project requirements. Perform other duties as assigned

• You have a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline required. Five (5) years of experience developing, commissioning, or supporting industrial automation, HMI, or SCADA systems required; material handling or related industry experience preferred. A master’s degree in a related field may be considered in lieu of experience
• Experience developing industrial HMI/SCADA applications for automated material handling systems using Rockwell Automation Factory Talk View SE/ME;
  Siemens WinCC Professional, WinCC Unified, and HMI Comfort Panels within TIA Portal;
  Inductive Automation Ignition Vision/Perspective; AVEVA System Platform and InTouch HMI; or comparable platforms
• Experience using PLC software and knowledge of Ether Net/IP, PROFIBUS, PROFINET, managed industrial switches, and Layer 2/Layer 3 network fundamentals
• You have experience with SQL databases, historians, scripting, data logging, reporting, and system…