SCADA / HMI Engineer

TL;DR

SCADA / HMI Engineer (Siemens WinCC/VSS II): Developing and maintaining SCADA/HMI screens, navigation, user roles, operational logic, and historian integrations with an accent on OPC UA/DA communications, PLC–SCADA tag management, and troubleshooting runtime issues. Focus on system testing, validation, and commissioning to ensure reliable and efficient plant operations during industrial automation modernization.

Location: Remote or hybrid (Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands)

Salary: EUR 2525 - 4075 per month (gross)

Company

hirify.global is a global engineering and technology provider delivering industrial automation, digitalization, consulting, and lifecycle services.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain SCADA/HMI, including screens, navigation, user roles, and operational logic.
• Configure and manage alarms, trends, and historian integrations where applicable.
• Implement and support communications via OPC UA/DA and/or direct PLC drivers, including tag management solutions.
• Participate in system testing, validation, and commissioning activities.
• Troubleshoot runtime issues related to alarms, trends, tag updates, communications, and system performance.

Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Siemens SCADA/HMI.
• Experience with Siemens WinCC / VSS II.
• Understanding of OPC UA/DA and practical experience troubleshooting connectivity issues.
• Experience with alarms/trends (historian experience is strongly preferred).
• Understanding of PLC–SCADA interactions, including tag management, data quality, and diagnostics.
• English level: Intermediate+ or above.

Nice to have

• SCADA/HMI scripting experience using C# and/or VBScript.
• Background in steel, metals, or other heavy industries.
• Experience supporting distributed SCADA setups (server/client architectures, user roles, release management).

Culture & Benefits

• Work options: fully remote, office, or hybrid variant.
• Mentoring and adaptation for each new employee.
• Additional annual bonus opportunity (up to an extra 1,000 USD per month depending on expertise).
• Corporate training portal and certification compensation (AWS, PMP, etc.).
• Private health insurance and compensation for sports activities.
• Gross monthly salary range: EUR 2525–4075; final compensation depends on experience and location.