Solutions Integration Engineer

Engagement: Independent contractor, six-month initial term with potential extension or conversion to full-time employment

Commitment: Approximately 24 to 32 hours per week, depending on project requirements

Working arrangement: Hybrid, with regular on-site work and periodic travel to customer sites

Reports to: CEO

About VL Energy

VL Energy is a Calgary-based technology company developing and deploying industrial software solutions that help organizations transform operational data into actionable insight.

We integrate software, analytics and engineering expertise with existing industrial control, monitoring and data-management systems. Our solutions may be deployed on-premises, in the cloud or through hybrid architectures across energy, utilities, manufacturing and other industrial environments.

The Opportunity

VL Energy is seeking a hands-on Solutions Integration Engineer to lead the technical definition, integration and delivery of industrial software solutions.

You will work directly with customers and internal technical teams to assess existing systems, define integration requirements, resolve data and connectivity issues, and move deployments through testing, commissioning and handover.

This is an individual-contributor role requiring both sound engineering judgment and practical execution. It is not a purely advisory, managerial or project-administration position. The successful candidate must be comfortable reviewing control-system environments, preparing integration specifications, troubleshooting technical issues and coordinating implementation across multiple stakeholders.

You will collaborate with engineering, software, data science, project-delivery and business-development personnel. You will also review technical work and provide practical guidance to EIT-level and developing team members.

Technical Discovery and Scope Definition

• Lead technical-discovery sessions with customer operations, engineering, electrical and instrumentation, and IT/OT personnel.
• Translate customer objectives into clear technical requirements, data requirements, implementation activities and acceptance criteria.
• Assess existing PLC, SCADA, DCS, BAS, historian, instrumentation, metering and network environments.
• Determine whether required operating data are available, reliable, accessible and suitable for the intended application.
• Identify instrumentation, data-quality, connectivity, cybersecurity and deployment-readiness gaps.
• Document assumptions, dependencies, exclusions, customer responsibilities and technical risks.
• Provide technical input for proposals, scopes of work, schedules, budgets and change requests.

Solution Architecture and Systems Integration

• Develop practical technical architectures for assigned customer deployments.
• Define integration approaches using OPC UA, Modbus TCP, APIs, databases, historians, gateways and industrial edge technologies.
• Prepare architecture diagrams, tag lists, data maps, interface specifications and network requirements.
• Determine when existing infrastructure can be used and when additional instrumentation, gateways, controllers or I/O may be required.
• Coordinate technical interfaces among customers, internal teams, controls contractors, system integrators and technology vendors.
• Troubleshoot data, communication, configuration and systems-integration issues.
• Maintain accurate records of technical decisions, interfaces, configurations and approved changes.

Deployment, Testing and Commissioning

• Coordinate assigned deployments from data readiness through configuration, testing, commissioning, training and handover.
• Establish practical readiness checks and technical quality controls.
• Coordinate implementation activities involving software developers, data scientists, engineers, customers and contractors.
• Prepare and execute, or support the execution of, FAT, SAT and commissioning procedures.
• Verify that configured calculations, dashboards, analytical models, alarms and reports meet approved requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Document deficiencies and coordinate their resolution before customer acceptance.
• Ensure that technical documentation, training materials and handover records are complete