Ignition Engineer ( Deployment & Validation

Function

We're Hitachi Digital Services, a global digital solutions and transformation business with a bold vision of our world's potential. We're people‑centric and here to power good. Every day, we future‑prove urban spaces, conserve natural resources, protect rainforests, and save lives. This is a world where innovation, technology, and deep expertise come together to take our company and customers from what's now to what's next.

We make it happen through the power of acceleration.

Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to bring a better tomorrow closer to today. We don't expect you to 'fit' every requirement — your life experience, character, perspective, and passion for achieving great things in the world are equally as important to us.

You will join a dynamic Industrial Digitalization and Manufacturing Technology team responsible for delivering next‑generation SCADA and MES solutions across manufacturing operations. The team partners closely with Plant Operations, Controls Engineering, Manufacturing IT, Automation Engineers, and Business Stakeholders to ensure seamless deployment, integration, and validation of critical production systems.

Our focus is on:

• Deploying and commissioning Ignition‑based SCADA/MES solutions
• Enabling real‑time visibility into manufacturing operations
• Supporting digital transformation initiatives across production environments
• Ensuring system reliability, data integrity, and operational excellence
• Driving successful go‑live execution and production readiness
• Collaborating with plant‑floor teams to optimize manufacturing processes

As an Ignition Engineer
, you will be responsible for the onsite deployment, commissioning, validation, and go‑live support of Ignition‑based SCADA/MES solutions within manufacturing environments.

• Deploy and commission Ignition Gateway, Perspective applications, projects, tags, scripts, and database connections in production environments
• Validate end‑to‑end data flow between PLCs, plant equipment, Ignition, historians, MES systems, dashboards, alarms, and reporting platforms
• Execute Integration Testing, System Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT)
• Support production readiness reviews, go‑live activities, hypercare, and post‑deployment stabilization
• Troubleshoot deployment and integration issues involving:
  • OPC UA and MQTT communications
  • Network connectivity
  • Database integrations
  • Security configurations
  • Client performance issues
• Verify tag configurations, alarming functionality, scripting logic, and Perspective screen behavior under real manufacturing conditions
• Support cutover planning, rollback procedures, and risk mitigation activities
• Document testing outcomes, defects, corrective actions, validation evidence, and deployment records
• Collaborate with operations, maintenance, controls engineering, and IT teams to validate manufacturing workflows and production tracking processes
• Ensure production reporting, historian data, and operational dashboards accurately reflect plant‑floor activities

• Strong hands‑on experience with Ignition 8.1+ deployments and commissioning activities
• Proven experience implementing and validating SCADA and MES solutions within manufacturing environments
• Experience supporting onsite commissioning, startup, and production go‑live activities
• Strong understanding of industrial automation, manufacturing systems, and plant‑floor operations
• Experience performing end‑to‑end validation, testing, defect management, and production support

• Ignition Gateway deployment and configuration
• Project publishing and client rollout
• Perspective application validation
• Tag configuration and management
• Alarm management and event validation
• Security configuration and role‑based access controls
• Gateway scripting and runtime troubleshooting

• Python (Jython) scripting within Ignition
• SQL development and database troubleshooting
• Stored procedures, queries, and data validation
• Data integrity verification across multiple databases and MES tables

• SCADA and MES deployment and…