Controls Engineer, Virtualized PLCs

Fluidstack

$90K — $130K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of professional experience programming PLC platforms and IEC 61131 languages.
  • Familiarity with virtualization technologies and software-based control runtimes.
  • Strong testing skills with a focus on safety and determinism in control logic.
  • Understanding of key concepts like scan times and the implications of software on control systems.
  • Proven documentation skills for creating narratives utilized by engineers and operators.

Responsibilities

  • Engineer a software-defined virtualized PLC platform as a replacement for proprietary control boxes.
  • Port control applications to virtual environments while maintaining safety and determinism.
  • Develop test harnesses to validate virtual controls against physical hardware behaviors.
  • Define the reference architecture encompassing networking, redundancy, and failover strategies for software-based controls.

Benefits

  • Flexible working environment with options for remote work.
  • Opportunities for continuous learning and upskilling in emerging technologies.
  • Supportive team culture that values collaboration and innovation.
Full Job Description
## Role Scope - Engineer the virtualized PLC platform: control logic moving from proprietary boxes to software-defined infrastructure.- Port and validate control applications onto virtual runtimes without giving up determinism or safety.- Build the test harnesses that prove virtual controls against hardware behavior before a site sees them.- Define the reference architecture: networking, redundancy, and failover for controls as software. ## What We're Looking For The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly, tell us where you would. - You've programmed industrial controls professionally: PLC platforms and IEC 61131 languages.- You've worked with virtualization or software-based control runtimes.- You test control logic like lives depend on it, because they can.- You understand determinism, scan times, and what breaks when controls become software.- You document control narratives engineers and operators both use. Bonus: Codesys or software PLCs. Hypervisors and real-time Linux. BMS and EPMS applications. Functional safety. We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

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