System Engineer

SPECTRAFORCE; Bellevue (WA); Hybrid; USD 76,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

Spectraforce in Bellevue, WA is seeking a skilled engineer for a 6-month engagement with potential extension or conversion. You will design and automate infrastructure for servers, OSes and networks, focusing on reliability, performance and customer impact.

The role emphasizes automation, monitoring design, and scalable processes. Travel flexibility is required; sharp communication and precise execution are essential in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• MHE/Conveyor system experience required.
• Codessys Controls Expertise (Beckhoff/Twincat) required.
• IEC61131-3 structured text expertise required.
• Willingness to travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Understand how commodity servers, operating systems and networks function, perform and scale.
• Troubleshoot, project manage and analyze problems with a customer-focused mindset.
• Automate infrastructure operations to drive efficiency and reliability.
• Design server monitoring and management solutions using automation and self-repair.
• Create processes that improve operational workflow and positively impact customers.
• Root-cause problems and implement long-term fixes through simplification and automation.
• Prefer simple, repeatable solutions over complex, fragile ones.
• Document, test and apply best practices for security and scale.

Skills

MHE/Conveyor system experience

Beckhoff/Twincat

IEC61131-3 structured text

Tools

Codessys Controls Expertise

AWS CloudWatch/EC2/S3

Job description

Duration: 6 Months (Potential for extension or Conversion)

Location: Bellevue, WA (Potential WFH when not traveling)

• ResponsibilitiesThe successful engineer in this role will:
• Understand how commodity servers, operating systems and networks function, perform and scale.
• Possess superb troubleshooting, project management and problem analysis skills.
• Drive technical innovation and efficiency in infrastructure operations via automation.
• Design server monitoring and management solutions using automation and self-repair.
• Create processes that enhance operational workflow and provide positive customer impact.
• Dive deep to resolve problems at their root, looking for failure patterns amenable to long-term solutions via simplification and automation.
• Avoid re-inventing the wheel and prefer appropriately simple, repeatable solutions over more complex and failure prone ones.
• Recognize and adopt best practices in documentation, testing, security, operational support at scale, and efficient use of resources.
• Develop appropriate metrics to demonstrate performance at improving operational efficiency.
• Top 3 Must Have Hard Skills MHE/Conveyor system experience
• Codessys Controls Expertise (can also be Beckhoff/Twincat)
• Expert in IEC61131-3 structured text expertise.
• Flexibility in travel
• Nice to havesPython/Systems engineering experience in building customized OS (Linux)
• AWS Services expertise particularly in cloudwatch/ec2/s3 etc
• clear communications, customer focused (calm)

Deliver results

ownership

customer obsession

Years of Experience - 4+ YOE

At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws.This position's pay range is $55.00/hr - $60.00/hr.