SCADA Topology & Health Visualization Engineer (Co-op)

Linuxconfig; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Lila Sciences is seeking a co-op on the Hardware & Controls Engineering team in Cambridge, MA to build a live connectivity diagram for a cloud+on-prem SCADA system. You will develop a live topology view showing how edge nodes, brokers, gateways, and databases connect, backed by dashboards for database, gateway, and edge health.

The role is read-only end-to-end with on-site AWS and SELECT-only DB access. Expect exposure to AWS, Linux, industrial networking, Ignition, and data visualization, plus

Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field.
• Available full time for the Spring 2027 co-op term, on-site at Alewife.
• Proficiency in Python for scripting and data collection.
• Comfortable working in Linux from the command line.
• Working knowledge of networking fundamentals: IP addressing, subnets, ports, and routing.
• Clear written communication for documenting dashboards and findings.

Responsibilities

• Build a live topology view of edge nodes, brokers, gateways, and databases with per-link status and last-seen timestamps.
• Surface RDS PostgreSQL health: CPU, memory, storage growth, connection counts, replication lag, and slow queries.
• Dashboard Ignition gateway and EC2 metrics, including JVM heap, tag quality, Sparkplug birth and death rates, and scan timing.
• Monitor on-premise edge nodes for reachability, uptime, resource use, and last publish time.
• Integrate existing sources into one interface (CloudWatch, Performance Insights, Ignition metrics, broker status).
• Document the setup so the team can extend and maintain it after the term ends.

Skills

Python scripting

Linux CLI

Networking fundamentals

Data visualization

Willingness to learn AWS services

Education

Pursuing bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering or computer science

Tools

Grafana

Prometheus

Ignition

AWS (EC2, RDS, CloudWatch)

Job description

Lila Sciences is seeking a co-op on the Hardware & Controls Engineering team in Cambridge, MA to build a live connectivity diagram for a cloud+on-prem SCADA system. You will develop a live topology view showing how edge nodes, brokers, gateways, and databases connect, backed by dashboards for database, gateway, and edge health.

The role is read-only end-to-end with on-site AWS and SELECT-only DB access. Expect exposure to AWS, Linux, industrial networking, Ignition, and data visualization, plus