Controls HMI Engineer (SCADA)

Location: Hybrid in Irving, Texas, United States; travel up to 40% of the year, including short-duration assignments and multiple 10/4 rotations. Applicants must be authorized to work full-time in the United States.

Company

hirify.global develops sorting technology and parcel automation solutions across Europe, North America, and Asia.

What you will do

• Design, develop, configure, test, deploy, and commission HMI and SCADA applications for material handling, sortation, warehouse automation, and parcel logistics systems.
• Build reusable graphic libraries, equipment faceplates, navigation structures, templates, scripts, operator displays, diagnostics, alarms, trends, reports, and maintenance interfaces.
• Translate customer standards, sequences of operation, control narratives, electrical drawings, and functional requirements into maintainable HMI/SCADA designs and testable software.
• Integrate HMI/SCADA applications with PLCs, OPC UA servers, industrial databases, historians, reporting tools, and warehouse control or execution systems.
• Support emulation, simulation, virtual commissioning, FAT, SAT, and performance validation; diagnose issues across HMIs, PLCs, networks, databases, alarms, scripts, scanners, VFDs, servo systems, safety controllers, and distributed I/O.
• Provide technical guidance and knowledge transfer, collaborate with engineering, commissioning, project management, installation, and customer teams, and implement industrial cybersecurity and access-control practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline. A master’s degree in a related field may be considered in lieu of experience.
• Five years of experience developing, commissioning, or supporting industrial automation, HMI, or SCADA systems.
• Experience developing industrial HMI/SCADA applications for automated material handling systems using Rockwell FactoryTalk View SE/ME, Siemens WinCC Professional or Unified and HMI Comfort Panels in TIA Portal, Inductive Automation Ignition Vision/Perspective, AVEVA System Platform and InTouch HMI, or comparable platforms.
• Experience with PLC software and knowledge of EtherNet/IP, PROFIBUS, PROFINET, managed industrial switches, and Layer 2/Layer 3 network fundamentals.
• Ability to develop and interpret functional specifications, sequences of operation, control narratives, electrical schematics, network architecture drawings, and software design documentation.
• Knowledge of high-performance HMI design, alarm management, industrial cybersecurity, OSHA, NFPA 70E, ANSI, ISA, electrical, and machine-safety requirements.
• Ability to lead HMI/SCADA work packages, coordinate technical activities on complex projects, conduct peer reviews, mentor engineers, and collaborate in a matrixed project environment.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, interpersonal, and customer-service skills; ability to manage competing priorities and deliver within project schedules and budgets.
• Current authorization to work for any employer in the United States; visa sponsorship is not available.

Nice to have

• Material handling or related industry experience.
• Experience with SQL databases, historians, scripting, data logging, reporting, and system interfaces.
• Knowledge of version control, release management, backup and recovery, emulation, simulation, virtual commissioning, and software validation methodologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work setting with a flexible environment supporting work-life balance.
• Paid parental leave and 22 or more days off for personal time and holidays.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with FSA or HSA options.
• 401(k) plan with company matching up to 6%.
• Company-paid disability and basic life insurance, plus educational and employee assistance programs.