Software Engineer

Machining Facility Software EngineerAt Janicki Industries, we turn complex ideas into real-world solutions through advanced engineering and manufacturing. Our teams design and build innovative structures, tooling, and systems that support industries including aerospace, space, defense, marine, and architecture. Across every role, from engineers and technicians to operations and support teams, our people help solve challenging problems, push the limits of design and manufacturing, and create solutions that make a lasting impact. This position is located in Sedro Woolley, Washington State.Janicki is building a new machining facility in Montana centered on approximately 25 large five-axis mills and automating nearly everything that happens between the receiving dock and the spindle. Pallets, billets, tools, chips, and finished parts will move under machine control via AGVs, AMRs, robots, and cobots. The orchestration software for that system does not exist yet. You will write it. This is not maintenance work. Two engineers will build the scheduling and control layer for a factory still under construction. The constraints are physical, the resources are contended, and idle spindles are not an option.Roles and Responsibilities:Support a production floor with approximately 25 five-axis mills arranged along a single central traffic laneCoordinate AGV/AMR pallet shuttling, chip evacuation, and cutter delivery across the facilityEnable robotic billet handling, clamping, and work preparationBuild a scheduling and sequencing engine whose primary objective is zero spindle waitDevelop traffic management, zone control, deadlock detection, and recovery for the central laneImplement look ahead material and tooling staging so the right resources arrive before the current job endsCoordinate fleet operations across mixed vendors and protocols, including heterogeneous coordination across shared, bidirectional lanesBuild integration services for SAP, tool life, machine state, program status, and MESDevelop simulation and digital-twin tooling for safe, high-volume testingCreate operator interfaces for visibility, override, and explanationTreat robust exception handling as a core product capabilityManage multiple priorities and deadlines while maintaining strong communication and collaborative working relationshipsDirect AI coding agents fluently across multi-week bodies of work not just autocompleteWork spec-first: define the problem, constraints, interfaces, and acceptance criteria before writing codeDecompose work for parallel AI agents while owning the integration seamsEngineer context deliberately, thinking in graphs for both agent workflows and the factory itselfApply rigorous verification, judging where AI-generated code is appropriate versus where code must remain small, deterministic, and hand-reviewedContinuously improve your own AI-assisted development tooling and raise the team's throughputPerform additional engineering duties as assignedBasic Qualifications:5+ years building production systems that ran unattended and carried real consequences when they failedBachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field required; Master's degree preferredStrong distributed systems fundamentals: event-driven design, idempotency, state reconciliation, partial failure, and back-pressurePractical experience shipping scheduling, planning, or optimization systemsFluency in Python, C#, Java, Go, or RustDisciplined engineering practices: testing, CI, observability, and simulation-first developmentWillingness to work and travel in MT and WA spend real time on the floorMust have effective verbal and written communication skills in the English languageDue to our ITAR and EAR regulations, applicants must be a US Citizen or of Legal Permanent Resident Status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b (a) (3)Wage range for this role is between $140,000 - $210,000 annually, plus a discretionary bonus, 401(k) matching, vacation, and health benefits. Employees can also receive additional pay for off-shifts, off-site work, and access pay.Benefits:Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance with employer contributionDisability insurance as well as Life/AD&D insuranceHSA (Health Savings Account) with employer contribution and FSA (Flexible Savings Account)401k with employer matchingPaid time off and paid holidays (including two floating holidays)Education reimbursement programSeveral shift optionsPremium pay for off-shiftsPremium pay for security clearance if applicableJanicki Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Janicki Industries does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, marital or familial status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, age, retaliation, veteran/military service status, or any other legally protected status. Janicki is proud to be a military friendly employer.