Digital Manufacturing Engineer W2 Preferred

Role: Digital Manufacturing Engineer

Location: USA (Remote)

Start Date: Immediate

Interview Mode: Phone/Video

Type: Contract (C2C/W2)

About the Role

We are building modern, highly customized digital applications on the Ignition platform to support complex discrete manufacturing operations at a heavy industrial US defense contractor. This hybrid role blends industrial software engineering with modern application development, requiring hands‑on SCADA/data systems expertise and strong software fundamentals.

You will integrate live plant‑floor data (OPC, Kepware, tags, historians) into scalable web applications, extending Ignition Perspective with **Python, JavaScript, CSS, SQL, and APIs. The role is highly customer‑facing, involving site visits to collaborate with operators, engineers, and managers to translate operational needs into intuitive digital solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

Application Development

• Design and develop responsive industrial web applications using Ignition Perspective

• Extend Ignition components with JavaScript, CSS, and Python scripting

• Build modular, maintainable architectures for scalability and reuse

Data & Systems Integration

• Connect equipment/control systems via OPC, Kepware, tags, and historians

• Configure and troubleshoot real‑time and historical data collection

• Integrate with SQL databases, SAP, SharePoint, Active Directory, REST APIs

• Design efficient data models and queries optimized for operations

Manufacturing Collaboration

• Work directly in manufacturing environments to understand equipment and workflows

• Identify required machine/process data and present it effectively to end users

• Translate diverse user needs into intuitive applications and visualizations

• Build trusted client relationships and represent the company professionally

Quality & Reliability

• Implement error handling, logging, and diagnostics

• Ensure performance, security, reliability, and compliance standards

• Produce clear technical documentation and architecture diagrams

Required Qualifications

Software Development Strengths

• Strong web UI development (HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, responsive design)

• Proficiency in Python scripting for application logic/automation

• Solid SQL database experience and relational data modeling

• Experience integrating external systems via REST APIs/web services

• Ability to design modular, maintainable software solutions

Industrial & OT Strengths

• Hands‑on SCADA/HMI and live industrial data experience

• OPC configuration/troubleshooting and historian data expertise

• Familiarity with equipment, controls, and production workflows

• Experience with Ignition, Kepware, Canary (preferred)

Customer & Manufacturing Aptitude

• Comfortable working independently in active industrial environments

• Strong communication with operators, trades, engineers, supervisors, and managers

• High emotional intelligence, judgment, and interpersonal maturity

• Ability to translate operational problems into practical digital solutions

Bonus Experience (Nice to Have)

• Deep Ignition Perspective expertise

• Knowledge of discrete manufacturing (aerospace, automotive, shipbuilding, heavy industry)

• SAP integration familiarity

• Cloud/hybrid architecture (AWS Industrial Solutions Framework)