A manufacturing facility in Vijay Nagar, Indore, is hiring a Lead SCADA Engineer for a full-time, on-site position overseeing the plant's control systems and the engineers who maintain them.
This is a senior seat. On paper, the minimum ask is an engineering degree, with electronics or electrical engineering as the expected majors, though the employer will look past the exact branch if the practical background lines up. Alongside that, they want eight years of hands-on experience across circuit design, embedded programming, and hardware prototyping. Familiarity with industry-standard hardware design tools is expected coming in, not something to pick up on the job. Someone stepping into this role should already be comfortable walking into a control room mid-incident and quickly figuring out whether the problem lies in the PLC logic, the HMI, or the wiring between them.
What This Role Owns
- Design, maintain, and troubleshoot SCADA architecture across the facility's production lines
- Write and review PLC programming for automated equipment, including logic changes tied to new production requirements
- Oversee HMI design and updates so operators get accurate, readable data at their stations
- Manage integration across industrial protocols such as Modbus, Profibus, and OPC-UA between different vendor equipment
- Debug circuit and system-level issues that other engineers escalate, and document the root cause for each
- Mentor two to three junior embedded systems engineers on the team
A lot of the escalations that land on this desk started as something small a junior engineer couldn't pin down, a sensor reading that drifts slightly during the afternoon shift, or an HMI screen that freezes only under specific load conditions. Sorting through vendor documentation from three different PLC manufacturers to find where their protocols disagree is a regular part of the week, not an unusual one. Beyond firefighting, this role also owns the longer planning work: scoping upgrades to aging PLC hardware, reviewing proposed changes before they touch a live production line, and signing off on documentation before a system change goes into effect.
Tools of the Trade
SCADA systems and PLC programming form the technical core of the job.
- SCADA systems architecture and configuration
- PLC programming across common industrial platforms
- HMI design and screen development
- Industrial protocol knowledge, including Modbus and Profibus
Experience with a specific vendor's certification, such as a Siemens or Rockwell PLC credential, tends to matter more to some employers than others, and this one lists it as a plus rather than a requirement. Any background in OT network security or industrial cybersecurity would also stand out, since more plants are being asked to harden their control networks against external access. Prior exposure to cloud-based SCADA dashboards or IIoT platforms is useful too, though the facility currently runs its systems on-premises and has no immediate plans to migrate.
Beyond the technical checklist, this role leans on judgment calls that come with years on the floor: knowing when a strange reading is a real fault versus sensor noise, and when to shut a line down versus let it run to the end of a batch. Those calls come from experience more than from any single certification.
Compensation and Benefits
This lead-level position pays up to ₹1,55,500 per month.
- Health insurance coverage
- Paid time off
- Performance-linked bonuses tied to plant uptime and project delivery
- Relocation assistance for engineers moving to Indore
- Accommodation support during the initial settling-in period
The performance bonus structure places heavy weight on uptime, since a control system going down mid-shift costs the plant real production time. Engineers from outside Madhya Pradesh get help with moving costs, plus temporary housing support while they find a permanent place near Vijay Nagar. The health coverage extends to immediate family members, which matters more at this seniority level since most candidates for a lead role are further along in their careers and likely have dependents to plan around.
The Team You'll Lead
The embedded systems group here runs two rotating shifts to cover plant operations around the clock, and this lead role oversees both, coordinating handoffs so that an issue flagged at the end of one shift doesn't get lost before the next engineer picks it up. A few of the current junior engineers were hired through Naukri Mitra listings over the past year, and onboarding for a new lead usually starts with a week of shadowing across both shifts before taking on independent responsibility. The facility itself runs a mix of older equipment installed over a decade ago alongside newer additions, so part of the role's value is bridging institutional knowledge about the legacy systems with whoever eventually replaces them.
Engineers who've spent real time with this plant's specific equipment mix, rather than SCADA work in general, tend to ramp up faster, since half the job is knowing which vendor's quirks to expect on which machine on the floor. Someone coming in from a different industry with strong PLC and protocol fundamentals can still succeed here, but should expect the first few months to involve more equipment-specific learning than the job title might suggest. Shift handoffs happen through a shared log, not just a verbal recap, and part of settling into the lead role is tightening up what gets written in that log so nothing critical slips between shifts.
Applying
Send a resume that highlights specific SCADA and PLC projects, ideally with details on the scale of the systems involved and which protocols or vendors were used. A portfolio or write-up of a past incident you resolved, and how you traced it, carries real weight here. Candidates who've previously led even a small team should mention that explicitly, since the mentoring aspect of this role is weighed alongside the pure technical background.
The process includes a technical interview focused on control systems architecture, a practical problem-solving session covering a sample PLC logic issue, and a final conversation with the plant manager at the Vijay Nagar facility. Expect the full process to take three to four weeks, given the role's seniority, with most of that time spent scheduling around the plant manager's shift-floor commitments rather than any delay on the candidate's end.
