Software Engineer, Cyber Physical Systems

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain software for test systems, industrial operations, SCADA workflows, data acquisition, and analysis.
• Develop operator and engineering tools using Ignition Perspective or similar SCADA/HMI platforms.
• Create PostgreSQL-backed applications, including schemas, queries, integrations, and data quality improvements.
• Build APIs and integrations among software tools, databases, SCADA systems, PLCs, and plant data systems.
• Support interfaces with PLC-controlled systems, including Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 environments.
• Develop software connecting applications, data systems, and hardware systems.
• Support live applications used during industrial facility operations.
• Develop tools and algorithms for trend, anomaly, and off-normal behavior identification.
• Improve software delivery through automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, deployment tooling, documentation, and developer workflow improvements.
• Collaborate with software engineers, controls engineers, operators, and other stakeholders to deliver maintainable solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Data Science, or equivalent experience.
• 2–4 years of experience developing software applications, services, scripts, APIs, or data integrations.
• Programming experience in one or more of Python, Java, React, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
• Experience with PostgreSQL or other SQL-based relational databases.
• Preferred experience with Ignition Perspective or similar SCADA/HMI platforms.
• Preferred familiarity with SCADA, HMI, electronic procedures, plant simulators, control-system programming, PLC systems, industrial protocols, or PLC-to-SCADA integration.
• Preferred experience with automated testing, CI/CD, deployment automation, DevOps workflows, GitHub Actions, and Docker.
• Preferred experience with data acquisition, control, analysis, visualization, AI/ML, anomaly detection, or engineering and operational analytics.
• Preferred experience in laboratory, research, test, industrial, manufacturing, energy, aerospace, semiconductor, robotics, or other hardware-oriented environments.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity, access control, data governance, backup and recovery, observability, or regulated technical environments is preferred.
• Ability to troubleshoot across software applications, data systems, APIs, data acquisition systems, and industrial control environments.
• Ability to document technical designs, interfaces, configurations, troubleshooting procedures, and software behavior clearly.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees and dependents.
• Paid vacation.
• 401(k) and pre-tax health insurance, dependent care, and commuter benefits through FSA programs.
• Onsite position at the Alameda, California headquarters.
• Some travel may be required, listed as 10%.
• Occasional overtime, weekend work, schedule flexibility, non-standard work-week hours, and extended hours may be required.