Sr IMS-SCADA Engineer

Job title: Sr IMS-SCADA Engineer

About the Role Serve as a Sr. IMS Engineer within Corning's Optical Communications Division Engineering team, responsible for the design, deployment, and support of manufacturing and data systems. This role leads the introduction of new automation equipment, system integration, process improvements, and cost-reduction initiatives across global manufacturing sites to optimize operations.

What You'll Do

• Design, document, implement, and maintain essential Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems for automated manufacturing equipment and manual processes
• Interface automated and manual manufacturing equipment with plant information systems and enterprise data platforms
• Provide appropriate and timely technical guidance and expertise related to SCADA and manufacturing data systems to ensure the operational reliability of SCADA systems, and ensure cybersecurity and data integrity best practices
• Work with automation equipment vendors to design/document equipment interface specifications
• Solicit and document Voice of Customer from manufacturing sites to include in system design and continuous improvement
• Collaborate with Process engineering to determine and provide process data to data historians at appropriate time intervals
• Individual must be capable of executing project assignments, in a team-based environment, with minimal supervision

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or equivalent
• 5+ years of experience in SCADA development (Ignition, GE iFix, or similar), PLCs, and programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, SQL)
• 3+ years experience integrating automated and manual manufacturing equipment with plant Information Management Systems
• 1+ year experience with industrial communication protocols (e.g., OPC UA, Modbus, Ethernet/IP, MQTT, etc.)
• Able to travel globally (Mexico, Poland, and China at a minimum)

Nice to Have

• Advanced experience with Inductive Automation Ignition (Perspective, Vision, scripting)
• Ignition Gold certification
• Experience configuring Aveva PI System (Asset Framework, Event Frames, PI Vision), and with Siemens, Omron, and Allen-Bradley Programmable Logic Controllers