Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Datum Technologies Group is seeking a Digital Manufacturing Engineer with 5–7 years of experience in Manufacturing Software Development and Integration. This role focuses on developing modern digital manufacturing applications using the Ignition platform to support complex discrete manufacturing operations.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop responsive industrial web applications using Ignition Perspective and modern web technologies
- Extend Ignition components using JavaScript, CSS, and Python scripting
- Develop scalable, modular, and maintainable application architectures
- Build reusable software components to support long-term platform growth
- Integrate manufacturing applications with: SQL Databases, SAP, SharePoint, Active Directory, OPC Servers, Historians (Kepware, Canary, etc.), REST APIs and Web Services
- Design efficient relational data models and optimize SQL queries for real-time manufacturing environments
- Work closely with manufacturing operations, engineering, IT, business analysts, and stakeholders to translate manufacturing workflows into digital solutions
- Develop intuitive user interfaces for industrial production environments
- Contribute to development standards, coding practices, and engineering best practices
- Implement logging, diagnostics, monitoring, and robust error handling
- Ensure solutions meet security, reliability, compliance, and performance standards
- Produce technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and deployment documentation
Skills
- 5–7 years of experience in software development, manufacturing systems, or industrial application development
- Strong knowledge of: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Responsive UI Design
- Proficiency with Python scripting
- Experience working with SQL databases and relational data models
- Experience integrating enterprise systems using REST APIs or web services
- Strong software engineering skills with emphasis on modular, maintainable application design
- Experience supporting manufacturing, industrial automation, or operational systems
- Ability to understand manufacturing workflows, production processes, and machine data
- Familiarity with MES, SCADA, HMI, OPC, Historians, or IIoT concepts is highly desirable
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline (or equivalent practical experience)
- Experience with Ignition, Wonderware, Mendix, or similar industrial platforms
- Experience with Kepware, Canary, or industrial data pipelines
- Experience supporting discrete manufacturing environments such as: Aerospace, Automotive, Shipbuilding, Heavy Manufacturing
- SAP integration experience
- Knowledge of AWS or Hybrid Cloud Industrial Solutions
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