Ignition industrial software platform for SCADA, HMI, MES and IIoT
Inductive Automation builds Ignition, a Java-based industrial application platform spanning SCADA, HMI, historian and IIoT, with OPC UA, MQTT and Modbus in its stack alongside Rockwell, Siemens and Schneider integrations. Hiring splits evenly between engineering and sales, and job-post pain points cluster around integrator activation and channel partner revenue, showing a growth model that runs through system integrators rather than direct sales alone.
Inductive Automation is a privately held industrial software company headquartered in Folsom, California, with 201–500 employees. Its core product, Ignition, lets industrial organizations build SCADA, MES, HMI, alarming and IIoT applications on a single database-centric, cross-platform foundation. The software connects to plant equipment through industrial protocols such as OPC UA, OPC DA, MQTT and Modbus, and supports edge computing deployments. The company sells through a network of system integrators and channel partners, backed by its own sales and support teams, and currently hires in the United States.
Its stack includes Java, Kotlin, TypeScript, Python and C++, plus OPC UA, MQTT and Modbus, with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform and Ansible for infrastructure and Salesforce and HubSpot on the commercial side.
Inductive Automation is headquartered in Folsom, California, and its current hiring is focused in the United States.
Yes. Hiring is steady and split evenly between engineering and sales, with most openings at senior level or above, alongside smaller needs in ops, finance and product.
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