Controls Engineer, Virtualized PLCs

Fluidstack

$90K — $130K *
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of professional experience in programming industrial controls, specifically PLC platforms and IEC 61131 languages.
  • Familiarity with virtualization or software-based control runtimes.
  • Strong testing experience of control logic with an emphasis on safety and reliability.
  • Deep understanding of determinism, scan times, and the implications of software controls.
  • Ability to generate documentation for control narratives usable by engineers and operators.

Responsibilities

  • Engineer a virtualized PLC platform that transitions control logic from proprietary systems to a software-defined infrastructure.
  • Port and validate control applications to virtual runtimes, ensuring safety and determinism are maintained.
  • Build test harnesses to prove virtual control systems against hardware behavior prior to site implementation.
  • Define the reference architecture including networking, redundancy, and failover strategies for software-based controls.

Benefits

  • Commitment to pay equity and transparency.
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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