Vulcan Elements
Sr. SCADA/HMI Platform Engineer
Research Triangle Park, NC +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 29, 2026
- Location
- Research Triangle Park, NC
Durham, North Carolina, United States - Experience
- 7+ years of direct industrial automation and SCADA/HMI engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Masters degree in electrical engineering, Automation Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.
About the job
Technically lead selection, architecture, implementation, and acceptance of the SCADA/HMI, historian, and visualization platform for a large manufacturing facility expansion.
What you'll do
- Define platform-neutral tag, alarm, and HMI standards; design supervisory architecture and historian collection.
- Lead platform evaluation and deployment, direct integrators, and approve OEM/integrator deliverables at factory and site acceptance tests.
- Troubleshoot plant-data systems and develop alarm management, OEE, downtime, and plant-status interfaces.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or Masters degree in electrical engineering, Automation Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field.
- 7+ years of direct industrial automation and SCADA/HMI engineering experience.
- Hands-on programming and commissioning experience with Siemens, Allen Bradley/Rockwell, or Ignition HMIs and/or PLCs; architecture-level ownership of at least one major SCADA platform.
- Experience with ISA-18.2 alarm management, high-performance HMI design, and industrial communications including Ethernet/IP, Profinet, EtherCAT, OPC UA, and MQTT/Sparkplug.
Nice to have
- Experience in heavy industrial, greenfield, chemical, or metallurgical manufacturing; production experience across two or more SCADA platforms or platform-selection leadership.
- Familiarity with Python, C++, REST APIs, or regulated industries such as Defense, Aerospace, or Automotive.
Tools
Siemens, Allen Bradley/Rockwell, Ignition, FactoryTalk View/Optix, AVEVA System Platform, Ethernet/IP, Profinet, OPC UA
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