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Digital Manufacturing Engineer

Saicon Consultants Inc.Bloomfield, NJ🇺🇸United StatesPosted 28 Jul 2026

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

  • Application Development
    • Design and develop responsive industrial web applications using Ignition Perspective and supporting web technologies
    • Extend Ignition’s out-of-the-box components using JavaScript, CSS, and Python scripting to meet complex business and operational requirements
    • Build modular, maintainable application architectures that support long-term scalability and reuse
  • Data & Systems Integration
    • Integrate applications with industrial and enterprise systems including:
      • SQL databases
      • SAP, Sharepoint, Active Directory
      • OPC and historian data sources (Kepware, Canary, etc.)
      • REST APIs
    • Design efficient data models and queries optimized for real-time operational use
  • Manufacturing Collaboration
    • Work directly with operations, engineers, IT, business stakeholders, and business analysts to translate manufacturing workflows into digital solutions
    • Design interfaces and workflows optimized for industrial users operating in high-tempo production environments
    • Help develop and extend dev team standards and tools to improve team performance
  • Quality & Reliability
    • Implement robust error handling, logging, and diagnostics
    • Ensure solutions meet performance, security, reliability, and compliance requirements
    • Produce clear technical documentation and solution architecture diagrams

Mandatory Skills and Skill Proficiencies

  • Core Technical Strengths
    • Strong experience with web UI development concepts:
      • HTML5
      • CSS
      • JavaScript
      • Responsive design and modern UI patterns
    • Proficiency in Python scripting for application logic and automation
    • Solid experience working with SQL databases and relational data models
    • Experience integrating external systems using REST APIs or web services
    • Ability to design maintainable, modular software — not just single-purpose screens
  • Manufacturing & Industrial Aptitude
    • Experience with manufacturing, industrial automation, or operational systems
    • Ability to understand production workflows, machine data, and real-time operational constraints
    • Familiarity with concepts such as MES, SCADA, HMI, OPC, historians, or IIoT is a plus (not mandatory)
  • Education
    • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
    • Equivalent practical experience will be considered

Optional Skills and Skill Proficiencies

  • Bonus Experience (Nice to Have)
    • Prior work with Ignition, Wonderware, Mendix, or other similar industrial/low-code platforms
    • Experience with Kepware, Canary, or industrial data pipelines
    • Strong working knowledge of discrete manufacturing environments (aerospace, automotive, shipbuilding, heavy industry)
    • Working familiarity with SAP integrations
    • Knowledge of cloud or hybrid architecture (AWS Industrial Solutions Framework)

Skills

SCADA

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