MES Developer (Automotive Manufacturing)

Location: Warren, Michigan, United States; the role supports onsite commissioning and production launch activities.

Company

hirify.global delivers long-term engineering and technology projects focused on complex customer missions.

What you will do

• Design and develop Allen-Bradley ControlLogix and GuardLogix PLC programs from the ground up using Studio 5000 and RSLogix 5000.
• Build Ignition HMI/SCADA applications, including screens, tags, scripting, alarms, communications, and system configuration.
• Develop PLC-to-MES transactions and handshake logic for work-order verification, traceability, recipes, production reporting, and pass/fail processing.
• Integrate barcode scanners, RFID systems, Zebra industrial printers, and automated ZPL-based labeling.
• Perform startup, debugging, FAT/SAT, commissioning, troubleshooting, and production launch activities.
• Collaborate with manufacturing engineering, IT/MES teams, equipment integrators, and plant personnel while maintaining controls documentation and backups.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with Allen-Bradley ControlLogix/GuardLogix and Studio 5000 or RSLogix 5000.
• Experience writing new PLC programs for equipment, stations, or production lines from scratch.
• Hands-on Inductive Automation Ignition development, including screens, tags, scripting, or application architecture.
• Experience integrating PLCs with MES or manufacturing information systems and implementing manufacturing transactions.
• Experience commissioning automated manufacturing equipment and troubleshooting controls hardware, PLC software, industrial networks, and production systems.
• Experience in automotive or other high-volume discrete manufacturing environments.

Nice to have

• Experience with ZPL, Zebra printers, barcode systems, RFID traceability, Ignition Vision, or Ignition Perspective.
• Industrial networking experience with Ethernet/IP, OPC UA, SQL, or related technologies.
• Experience taking controls projects through design, development, integration, startup, commissioning, and production launch.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Mechatronics, Automation, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.

Culture & Benefits

• Long-term projects using modern technology to solve complex customer problems.
• Employee-focused environment with compensation, benefits, and flexible work-life balance.
• Close-knit and open workplace with direct access to company owners.