SCADA Experts in Germany
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Loic N.
Last position:
Senior System Engineer at AG Solution
- Create and lead roadmap forecasting of support opportunities, including colleague training, process design and improvement, and new hire onboarding.
- Collaborate seamlessly with cross-functional teams including Professional Services, Support, Product, Sales, and Solution Engineering.
- Manage business and financial KPIs in alignment with overall business objectives.
- Industrial IT & Data Integration: Implement, configure, and integrate OT/IT systems and data flows, connecting control-layer sources (DCS, PLC, SCADA) to historians, data platforms, and enterprise systems through APIs and standard interfaces.
- AVEVA PI & Historian: Configure, maintain, and extend AVEVA PI (PI Data Archive, Asset Framework, interfaces/connectors) to capture, contextualize, and serve real-time and historical operational data.
- Alarm Management: Support and optimize alarm management systems – e.g. Honeywell Alarm Management – including alarm rationalization, classification, and the analysis of alarm performance, critical alarms, and alarm floods.
- Connectivity & Protocols: Set up and troubleshoot industrial connectivity using OPC UA and OPC A&E, including the configuration of tunnelers / wrappers to bridge OT data sources securely and reliably.
- Production Data Flow: Ensure seamless, secure, and well-structured data flow across the industrial IT landscape, transforming raw operational data into meaningful information for operations and decision-making.
- System Support & Troubleshooting: Provide ongoing support for OT/IT applications, troubleshooting issues across networks, software, and data integrations to keep systems running efficiently.
- Knowledge Management & Best Practices: Contribute to internal documentation, best practices, and troubleshooting guides, and help continuously improve how we deliver industrial IT and data solutions.
Tools & Software: Aveva PI, Salesforce, Active Directory, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Jira, Microsoft, Scrum, DevOps, Docker, CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub.
Robert F.
Last position:
Interim Group CIO / CISO at Kellenberger
- Private Equity owned precision grinding machines for Auto, Military & Aerospace – 1200 Employees
- Acting as Interim Group CIO / CISO consolidating Global IT back to Europe – M&A consolidation
- Managed major Security event and post event cleanup – Reporting to regulators
- Performed Vendor & Contract Management – full assessment of capabilities
- Guided Infrastructure refresh & Security Hygiene assessments
Jens R.
Last position:
Platform Architect & Senior Developer at Direct client, industrial measurement technology, medium-sized company
- Technical leadership across hardware, firmware, and software teams; scope: hardware/firmware team (4 people) and leadership group (5 people)
- Consolidated and documented a product family that had grown over more than 15 years and aligned it with CRA compliance — from the bare-metal I/O module to the cloud interface.
- Provided the most important customer product with the essential requirements and architecture documentation within two months — for a firmware landscape that had grown over more than 15 years. It now supports the customer’s modernization strategy.
- Established a monthly reporting line to the supervisory board and executive board within three months: nine meetings since 12/2025. The report itself is versioned and built from the CI pipeline; it is based on automatically collected activity and release data instead of assessments.
- Built a container-based CI/CD infrastructure from scratch: cross-compilation, host tests, and documentation builds in one continuous pipeline.
- Introduced declarative QA gates for DevOps and development artifacts — from the start using lefthook instead of pre-commit, executed in a dedicated container image.
Technologies used: arc42, req42, tpo42, docToolchain, PlantUML, ArchiMate, C4 model, ADR, C, C++ (GTest), CMake, Bare Metal (ARM Cortex-M3/M7), OCI containers, Jenkins, lefthook, Prometheus, Grafana, SBOM, CRA, OPC, SCADA, PLC integration, IPv6 migration, Zero Trust, Sociocracy 3.0, Cynefin
Dr Ing Over D.
Last position:
Pipeline Construction Manager at ILF
ETL 180 - Construction of 90 Km gas pipeline between Hamburg and Bremen. Supervision of welding, pipe lowering, coating, bending work and pressure testing. Quality assurance. Steel pipe with a diameter of 1,4 m and a wall thickness of 21mm.
Ljubomir O.
Last position:
Senior Software Test Engineer at Keil KTM GmbH
Temporary employment
- System black-box integration tests (BBIT, IVVQ): Execution of regression, release, confirmation and conformity tests for safety-critical braking control units in the railway industry
- Software Test Application & Integration: Runtime configuration of software components and libraries, validation of interfaces, configuration dependencies and component interactions
- Test Automation (FEAT Framework): Co-development and further development of an automated test framework for test execution, reporting and result analysis
- Functional Safety (SiL4, FuSi): Ensuring compliance with safety requirements, traceability and coverage as well as conformity with EN50126/28/29
- Test Automation for Communication Components: Configuration and validation of fieldbus (CAN) and Ethernet-based TCMS data communication interfaces (TRDP and CIP)
- Requirements Analysis & Shift-Left (PTC Windchill ALM): Analysis of software and system artifacts to identify gaps, ambiguities and redundancies early in the SDLC
- Test Design & Test Case Development: Derivation of test conditions and coverage strategies and implementation of data-driven test cases (DDT) including reusable test data fixtures
- CI/CD & Automation (Python, PowerShell, Jenkins, SVN): Automation of build, test and HIL deployment processes as well as integration into CI/CD pipelines
- Test Data & Configuration Management (XML): Maintenance and adjustment of XML test vectors and system configurations with automated integration into test environments
- Non-Functional Testing: Execution of performance and load tests to assess stability and system behavior
- Agile Development & Defect Management (JIRA, Confluence): Work in Scrum teams, test coordination, review of test artifacts as well as defect tracking and root-cause analysis
- Error Analysis & Debugging (CANoe, CANalyzer): Analysis of errors and message flows across multiple system levels (application to bus)
- Model-Based Analysis (UML, Enterprise Architect): Specification of SUT/SOW and support for systematic test control
- Process & Test Documentation: Creation of integration and test documentation according to internal quality and certification requirements
Emil O.
Last position:
Automation Engineer In House at Prevas AB
Working as an Automation Engineer in Prevas' in-house engineering team. My primary assignment involves developing and expanding ABB 800xA SCADA systems for a large-scale data center project. Responsibilities include SCADA graphic design, alarm management, system integration using OPC UA and Modbus, testing, verification, documentation, and commissioning support. In addition, I contribute to PLC and HMI development projects using Siemens, Rockwell, and ABB platforms and provide 24/7 remote support for industrial customers.
- ABB 800xA & ControlBuilder/ AC800M
- Rockwell Studio 5000 Logix Designer
- Siemens TIA Portal
- ABB 800xA
- Remote Support
- Troubleshooting hardware/software
Niko S.
Last position:
Developing Architect, Technical Lead "gridlytics" at HH Energienetze
- Building a data integration platform for high, medium, and low voltage assets for contextual analysis of time series with master data from the SCADA control system (IEC 60870 104), INIS, and SAP.
- Responsibility for the architecture and implementation of the solution, as well as sparring partner for the Product Owner.
- Use of Kotlin, Spring Boot, Maven, TimescaleDB, PostgreSQL, liquibase, Elements IoT, Docker, Kubernetes, Grafana, Python, jupyter, and various API gateways.
Mirco S.
Last position:
Co-Founder, CTO & Managing Director at Sourcera.ai (Venture Build)
Full overall responsibility: product, technology, compliance and go-to-market
- Delivered an enterprise MVP in 54 days, exceeding scope and schedule.
- Won a 250k € ARR anchor customer and built a sustainable enterprise sales pipeline in the first quarter.
- Paid PoCs with Zalando (35k €) and tesa (26k €), validating product-market fit with Tier-1 enterprise customers.
- Initiated ISO-27001 and TISAX certification processes. Left when the venture entered its next organizational phase.
Jens-Uwe P.
Last position:
Architecture and programming for an automotive test bench platform at Automotive supplier
In this project, I was responsible for designing and implementing a new, modular, and highly scalable test bench platform for an automotive supplier. My focus was on developing a robust system architecture and programming the associated software, with UML modeling used consistently throughout. This structured approach significantly increased the reusability of individual LabVIEW test modules and sustainably reduced development time for subsequent projects. I also integrated modern automotive standards such as CAN FD, LIN, and safety requirements, making the solution future-proof.
Technologies: LabVIEW, Visio, UML, CAN FD, LIN, DMM, Safety, Image processing, Project management, HMI, C#, C++, Python, Rust, CI
Youness R.
Last position:
Communication modernization and recipe management between S7-300, S7-1500 and WinCC V7 at Siemens AG
- Consulting and development of suitable communication concepts between S7-300 and S7-1500, taking the existing PROFIBUS infrastructure into account
- Technical support for connecting the S7-300 controllers to the existing recipe data block of the S7-1500
- Assisting in the development of the communication sequence for recipe access (read, write, acknowledge, status handling)
- Configuration of S7 communication (PUT/GET)
- Creation and adaptation of WinCC V7 scripts (C scripts and VBS scripts) for WinCC-based recipe management
- Development, optimization, and integration of recipe processes into the existing WinCC project structure
- Commissioning of the new communication interfaces and recommissioning of the recipe logic on existing systems
- Creation of technical documents: communication sequences, functional descriptions, commissioning documentation
Vaibhav G.
Last position:
Expert Software & Functions Engineer at AVL Software & Functions GmbH
E-Drive Control
- Performed Model-Based Development (MBD) of application software (ASW) functions for E-Drive control using AVL & customer toolchains
- Translated product requirements into scalable, high-performance Simulink models for high-visibility projects, ensuring compliance with V-Model, AUTOSAR, ASPICE, ISO 26262, MAAB, MISRA, MXAM
- Automatic code generation (.c, .h, .arxml) using Embedded Coder
- Analyzed and derived system and ASW requirements, along with test cases, using PTC Integrity, CodeBeamer & PikeTec TPT
- Performed Verification & Validation of ASW using MIL/SIL/HIL, model/code coverage, exception report, req. & test case traceability
- Reviewed requirements, test cases and ASW, providing feedback to testing & development teams to drive bug fixes & improvements
- Created signals in Visu-IT-ADD & Vector DaVinci Developer Classic
- Documented ASW functions using Visu-IT-FunDoc & customer tool
- Updated enterprise architecture (EA) framework for system & ASW
- Created whitebox specifications for Inverter subsystem using Visio
- Commissioned & tested Inverters on Power HIL
- Mentored colleagues to foster collaboration & knowledge sharing
Max Z.
Last position:
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at DIGITALSINN GmbH
- Leading innovation strategy and the establishment of an AI-native Production System at DIGITALSINN, a content and experience production company.
- Responsibility for innovation direction, AI integration strategy, and production platform architecture
- Establishing a fully AI-driven Production System to transform content operations for brand and agency clients
- Building the strategic positioning of DIGITALSINN as a Production System partner within the DACH market
- Client advisory on AI-native operating models, content automation, and scalable production infrastructure
Pierre G.
Last position:
Ansible Automation, Windows Third Level Support at DB InfraGO AG
- PRISMA project
- Ansible automation
- Windows third-level support for Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 2013, Windows 2016, Windows 2019
Kusay T.
Last position:
Freelance System & Software Architect - DNA-Extraction Robot at QIAGEN GmbH
- System and software architecture for the QIA-symphony Connect DNA-extraction robot in Life Science / IVD automation.
- Designed features and control logic for extraction, pipetting, lysis and eluate modules using C++, PLC/ST (Beckhoff IPC / TwinCAT 3) and model-based concepts.
- Delivered ISO 13485-oriented requirements, architecture, unit/integration/regression tests and DHF/VEP/VER/TCL documentation.
- Used Polarion, Jira, Confluence, Azure and AI-assisted documentation to improve traceability and engineering efficiency.
Reginald L.
Last position:
ERP System Redesign (web-based)
PHP and React redesign of a web-based ERP system.
- Development of the header and parts of the navigation
- Development of various modules in React, such as a calendar, chat and various tables
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Statistics of experts using SCADA
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
20 years
Position duration
2.6 years
Positions per freelancer
13
Top business areas
Information Technology, Operations, Product Development
Top industries
Manufacturing, Automotive, Energy
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
89%
Master's degree or higher
63%
Doctorate
6%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Germany are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging within that range.
Average rates of experts in Germany using SCADA
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 29 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
SCADA experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Manufacturing (74%)
- Automotive (56%)
- Energy (51%)
- Information Technology (47%)
- Utilities (33%)
- Healthcare (30%)
- Professional Services (28%)
- Aerospace and Defense (23%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
SCADA fundamentals
SCADA means supervisory control and data acquisition. It combines monitoring software, industrial networks, controllers and field devices so operators can observe processes, acknowledge alarms and influence equipment from a central interface. It is used in manufacturing, utilities, energy, transport and building infrastructure.
Systems and components
A SCADA solution usually connects PLCs, RTUs, sensors and actuators through protocols such as OPC UA, Modbus, MQTT or vendor-specific interfaces. Its software layer includes human-machine interfaces, alarm management, trends, reports, user permissions and historical data storage. Common environments include Siemens WinCC, AVEVA System Platform, Ignition and GE Digital systems.
- Map signals, tags and equipment hierarchies
- Configure screens, alarms, trends and reports
- Connect PLCs, RTUs, historians and business systems
- Test communications, failover and user access
Project delivery
Companies bring in freelance SCADA specialists for new installations, plant expansions, migrations and modernization programs. They may need help replacing legacy Wonderware systems, standardizing screens across sites, integrating production data with MES, or commissioning a control room without disrupting operations.
Security and reliability
Strong SCADA professionals understand segmented industrial networks, secure remote access, backups, redundancy and disaster recovery. They distinguish operational technology from ordinary IT and document how alarms, permissions, changes and recovery procedures should work. Familiarity with IEC 62443 principles and site-specific safety rules is valuable.
Working in Germany
German manufacturers, energy operators, water utilities and infrastructure organizations often combine local commissioning with remote configuration and documentation. Projects may require on-site access for surveys, testing or start-up, while much of the engineering can happen remotely. Clear German or English communication, structured handovers and careful coordination with plant teams matter.
Choosing an expert
Look for evidence of comparable control processes, hardware, protocols and SCADA products rather than a software-only portfolio. A capable professional can explain the tag model, alarm philosophy, network boundaries and test plan in plain language. Ask for examples of commissioning, troubleshooting and documentation, then confirm access rules and responsibility for safety-critical changes.
Frequently asked questions
What clients ask us most about SCADA — answered in short.
SCADA is used to supervise industrial and infrastructure processes from a central interface. It collects data from field devices, displays operating conditions, manages alarms and records historical information so teams can make controlled decisions.
SCADA coordinates monitoring and supervisory control across equipment, sites or production areas. A PLC executes control logic close to the machine, while an HMI gives operators a local interface; SCADA usually connects these layers and adds broader alarms, trends, users and reporting.
A strong SCADA professional often works with PLC programming, industrial Ethernet, OPC UA, Modbus, databases and historian systems. Knowledge of MES integration, cybersecurity, electrical documentation and commissioning can be equally important for a complete delivery.
The right SCADA experience depends on the scope, from configuring screens and tags to leading a multi-site migration or commissioning a new plant. For safety-relevant or production-critical work, choose someone who has handled comparable equipment, protocols, change control and on-site testing.
SCADA configuration, documentation, simulation and many integration tasks can often be completed remotely through controlled access. Site surveys, cabinet checks, commissioning and fault diagnosis may require on-site work, especially in German industrial environments with strict access procedures.
SCADA expertise may appear under products such as Siemens WinCC, AVEVA System Platform, Ignition or GE Digital systems. Searchers may also encounter Wonderware, a widely known former product name associated with AVEVA environments, so matching the actual version and system context is essential.
A reliable SCADA professional can show clear examples of alarm design, network integration, testing and operational documentation. Ask how they handle backups, permissions, failover, remote access and rollback, and check whether they communicate risks before changing a live control system.
Before engaging a SCADA specialist in Germany, define the plant scope, required site presence, access model, language expectations and commissioning responsibilities. Also agree on approved protocols, cybersecurity rules, documentation standards and who authorizes changes to production systems.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used SCADA in their recent projects is 101 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 805 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used SCADA in their recent projects, 89% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 63% hold at least a Master's degree, and 6% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used SCADA in their recent projects have 20 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.6 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used SCADA in their recent projects are German (98%), English (95%), and French (28%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used SCADA in their recent projects are Manufacturing (74%), Automotive (56%), and Energy (51%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used SCADA in their recent projects are Information Technology (81%), Operations (79%), and Product Development (79%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used SCADA
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