Ignition Engineer

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Job title: Senior Software Engineer

Job location: Dexter Michigan 48130

Job Duration: Contract 12+ Months

Job Description:

HM's Top Needs

1. Manufacturing Process & Engineering Expertise

Hands-on experience supporting production operations, process development, route design, equipment integration, validation, and continuous improvement within a regulated manufacturing environment.

2. Digital/MES/eBR Deployment Experience

Experience implementing manufacturing systems such as MES, eBR/eDHR/eLHR, SAP-integrated manufacturing solutions, or other digital manufacturing technologies, including process mapping, configuration, testing, UAT, and site go-live support.

3. Cross-Functional Leadership & Change Management

Proven ability to lead deployment efforts across Operations, Quality, Engineering, IT, and site leadership teams, drive issue resolution, train end users, and successfully manage organizational change and adoption.

Education Required: Bachelor's Degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related Engineering discipline.

Years’ Experience Required: 5+ years of manufacturing engineering experience, including 2+ years supporting manufacturing system implementations, digital transformation initiatives, MES/eBR/eLHR deployments, or equivalent manufacturing technology programs.

This role works with our Inductive Automation Ignition Center of Excellence to develop SCADA solutions, strengthen manufacturing technology capability, and support reliable enterprise deployments across Medtronic’s global operations.

The Senior Software Engineer role requires strong collaboration, technical understanding of digital manufacturing tools, and the ability to influence stakeholders across global teams. Travel is required to drive work sessions, conduct assessments, support deployments, and train local teams.

A Day in the Life

• Designs, develops, tests, debugs and implements software, scripts and projects primarily in Ignition, Postgresql and Python.
• Determines systems software design requirements.
• Ensures that system improvements are successfully implemented and monitored to increase efficiency.
• Generates systems software engineering policies, standards and procedures.
• May work across a variety of software lifecycle activities as determined by program needs.
• Work with cross functional teams to drive results across multiple aspects of the software development cycle.
• Works within a Quality System regulated environment across multiple aspects of the software development cycle.

Must Haves

7+ years of experience with a Bachelor’s degree or 4+ years of experience with an Advanced degree

Nice to Have

• Experience in Manufacturing, Operations, and/or Regulated Environments.
• Experience supporting global or multi-site teams.
• Significant experience configuring and programming SCADA platforms like Ignition.
• Trained and Hands-on experience with Data platforms, BI tools, or Analytics ecosystems (PowerBI, Tableau, Ignition SCADA, among others)
• Trained and Hands-on experience on Scrum and Agile methodologies, and Software Product Ownership. (e.g., CSPO, SAFe PO/PM).
• Trained or Hands-on experience troubleshooting and programming PLC controls (AB-Rockwell, Siemens, others).
• Trained or Hands-on experience with Linux and containerization technologies like Docker or Podman. SQL and noSQL databases.