Lead, Facilities Automation & Control Software

Fluidstack; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 269,000 - 317,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack is seeking a senior engineer to lead facilities software automation, building the systems that observe, decide, and act on our physical plant. You will own the architecture from telemetry through actuation, with safety and authorization designed in, and set engineering standards for a team shipping against live infrastructure.

You will tackle hard problems such as closed-loop control, simulation, and rollout strategy across our fleet.

Qualifications

• Led teams building software to control or automate physical systems.
• Designed act-on-plant paths with interlocks and audit.
• Scaled automation from single site to multiple locations.
• Balanced speed with blast radius in architecture decisions.
• Still writes critical code.
• Bonus: controls background, digital twin, energy systems, safety-critical practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead facilities software automation: the systems that observe, decide, and act on physical plant.
• Own the architecture from telemetry through decision to actuation, with safety and authorization designed in.
• Set the engineering standards for a team shipping against live infrastructure.
• Carry the hardest problems: closed-loop control paths, simulation, and rollout strategy across the fleet.

Skills

Leadership

Automation software

System architecture

Telemetry & control

Tools

PLC

BMS

Digital twin

Job description

Fluidstack is seeking a senior engineer to lead facilities software automation, building the systems that observe, decide, and act on our physical plant. You will own the architecture from telemetry through actuation, with safety and authorization designed in, and set engineering standards for a team shipping against live infrastructure.

You will tackle hard problems such as closed-loop control, simulation, and rollout strategy across our fleet.