SCADA Visualization Engineer — Co-op (Cambridge)

Lila Sciences, Inc.; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site at Alewife

Co-op term Spring 2027

Job summary

Lila Sciences, Inc. is seeking a co-op on the Hardware & Controls Engineering team in Cambridge (Alewife) to build a live connectivity diagram and dashboards for SCADA health data.

You will work with Ignition gateways, EC2, and edge nodes, performing read-only access to AWS and SELECT-only database access while learning the full system architecture. You’ll collaborate with controls engineers and IT/OT, gaining exposure to AWS services, Linux, and data visualization tools.

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 (CloudWatch, Performance Insights, Ignition gateway metrics, broker status) into one interface.
• Document the setup so the team can extend and maintain it after the term ends.

Skills

Python

Linux CLI

Networking fundamentals

Written communication

Education

Pursuing Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering/CS

Tools

Grafana

Prometheus

Ignition

MQTT

EC2

RDS PostgreSQL

Job description

Lila Sciences, Inc. is seeking a co-op on the Hardware & Controls Engineering team in Cambridge (Alewife) to build a live connectivity diagram and dashboards for SCADA health data.

You will work with Ignition gateways, EC2, and edge nodes, performing read-only access to AWS and SELECT-only database access while learning the full system architecture. You’ll collaborate with controls engineers and IT/OT, gaining exposure to AWS services, Linux, and data visualization tools.