Application Analyst

Overview: Tek Ninjas is a global software consulting and digital services company built for speed, scale, and innovation, headquartered in Carrollton, Texas.

Job Title: Application Analyst

Location: Georgetown, KY

Duration: 12 months

Job Type: Contract

Work Type: Onsite

Description:

In this role, you will be responsible for supporting enterprise wide automation efforts for internal logistics processes and materials movement within complex manufacturing environments. This will include the R&D and evaluation of different robotics technologies and building standard process for implementation. Owning, maintaining and providing integration of AMR/AGV/VGV products to a 3rd party Fleet Management system and connecting into existing IT infrastructure. Establishing communication between COTS products and internal systems. This role touches on architecture design, providing best practices, and in some instances being able to troubleshoot and diagnose problems with robot deployments both at the networking and infrastructure layers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with Engineering groups and North American Manufacturing Companies (NAMCs) departments to implement Internal Logistics automation systems.
• Challenge and break down the ideal situation and current systems in pursuit of establishing the optimal business process to improve supply chain performance through automation using efficient problem solving and countermeasure development.
• Identify industry leaders in logistics automation and ensure internal product roadmaps align with best strategies and supporting frameworks
• Lead the transition of development of PoC s and SOWs relating to automating internal logistics processes into production environments while supporting IT requirements and MES/ERP system integration with AMR Fleet management software.
• Able to build requirements traceability matrix linking business requirements to DEVOPS teams around design and implementation of custom software, ranging from low-level robot control code to fleet communication and application development.
• Managing tier 3 escalations from the implementation and support teams focusing on Robotics or industrial automation experience, including familiarity with PLCs, industrial robotics and industrial communication protocols
• Commissioning & integration of AMR systems at manufacturing facilities throughout North America
• Creating system documentation and manuals for end user consumption to include application navigation, How To s, and specific use cases
• Travel to client sites for project kick-offs, commissioning support, and customer meetings.
• Design, develop, and deploy Ignition SCADA solutions for business customers
• Assist in the development of HMI, SCADA, and reporting applications
• Work closely with controls engineers, project managers, and end users to define system requirements
• Configure and develop Ignition Perspective, Vision, and Reporting modules Integrate PLCs, databases, OPC servers, and third-party systems
• Support system testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, and ongoing client support
• Participate in architecture discussions and help establish development best practices

Qualifications:(Highlight Top 3-5 skills):

• Bachelor s degree in engineering, Computer Science, and/or Information Systems or equivalent professional work experience
• 5+ years of SCADA development experience
• 3+ years IT/IS systems
• 3+ years of hands-on Ignition development experience (Key Skill for this role)
• Strong experience with Ignition Perspective and/or Vision Experience integrating PLC platforms such as Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Mitsubishi
• Solid understanding of industrial networking, OPC UA, databases, and SQL
• Comfort with Linux, Docker, and Bash

Other Desired Skills:

• Inductive Automation Ignition certifications / Training.
• Experience with MQTT, Sepasoft, Canary, or AVEVA technologies
• Exposure to cloud-connected industrial applications and IIoT initiatives
• 2+ years of experience with a minimum of two platforms: PLCs (Allen Bradley, Toyopuc, Omron, Mitsubishi), AMR Technologies (MIR, Autoguide, Omron, JBT, Creform, OTTO, AIUT/Aformic, Bastian Automation)

Tek Ninjas Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.

About TekNinjas

TekNinjas is a global IT staffing partner placing skilled professionals with leading enterprises and system integrators across the US, Canada, UK, India, and the EU. We focus on the right fit - not just the fast fill - and stay engaged with our consultants well beyond the start date.

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TekNinjas is an Equal Opportunity Employer.