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# Deployment Engineer-Energy Management System

- **Company:** On Inc.
- **Location:** Houston, TX, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** System Configuration, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Modbus, Data Streaming, System Integration Testing, Systems Integration, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
- **Published:** June 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=f96f859d67654677

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Systems integration?, * Hands-on experience deploying and supporting Ignition (Inductive Automation) in OT or industrial environments

 * Experience configuring tags, UDTs, alarms, historians, and visualization in Ignition
 * Experience integrating EMS/SCADA platforms with PLCs and field devices
 * Strong understanding of OT systems and industrial communications
 * Ability to troubleshoot across EMS, controls, and networking boundaries
 * Comfortable working in fast-paced commissioning environments with evolving requirements
 * Willingness to travel to project sites as required
 * Direct, hands-on Ignition deployment experience is required.
 * Ability to travel to project sites 30-40% as needed.

Preferred Experience

 * Experience with utility-scale BESS, renewables, power generation, or substation environments
 * Familiarity with Siemens PLCs and Modbus TCP / IEC 61850 (high-level understanding)
 * Experience supporting commissioning teams on live sites
 * Knowledge of OT cybersecurity fundamentals
 * Experience working with EPCs, OEMs, and customer stakeholders

## Description

The EMS Deployment Engineer is responsible for deploying, configuring, and supporting Ignition-based Energy Management Systems (EMS) for utility-scale Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects. This role plays a critical part in commissioning, ensuring reliable system visibility, control, data flow, and integration between EMS, PLCs, PCS, BMS, and site networks., * Deploy, configure, and support Ignition-based EMS/SCADA platforms for BESS projects

 * Support commissioning activities including EMS bring-up, system integration testing, SAT, and early operational support
 * Configure Ignition gateways, tags, UDTs, alarms, historian, and visualization components
 * Integrate EMS with Siemens PLCs, PCS, BMS, meters, protection relays, and site networks
 * Support data acquisition, control workflows, and site-level dashboards for commissioning and operations
 * Troubleshoot EMS, data, and communications issues under commissioning timelines
 * Collaborate closely with Controls Engineers, Network Engineers, Deployment Engineers, and Field Commissioning teams
 * Support FATs, site commissioning, and handover to Service and Operations teams
 * Assist in developing standardized EMS templates, screen sets, tag models, and deployment procedures
 * Review and validate EMS documentation, configurations, and as-built deliverables
 * Travel to project sites during deployment and commissioning phases as required, * Ignition-based EMS systems are deployed reliably across new BESS projects
 * Commissioning timelines are supported through stable EMS visibility and control
 * EMS-related issues are identified and resolved quickly during site bring-up
 * EMS configurations become more standardized and repeatable across projects
 * Field, commissioning, and service teams trust this role as the EMS authority


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