Staff Software Engineer, Factory Systems Lead

About the Job

This role owns the software layer that helps a modern factory actually run. You will architect and evolve a lean systems stack across operations, quality, maintenance, and visibility, with the freedom to decide where software should be bought, built, or avoided entirely.

What You'll Do

• Architect the systems layer supporting production, quality, maintenance, and decision-making
• Evaluate build vs. buy tradeoffs across core factory software domains
• Design lightweight workflows and data models for greenfield and rapidly evolving operating environments
• Partner with engineering and operations teams across internal sites and selected external programs
• Help create a stack that can flex across new process categories and strategic manufacturing efforts

Required Qualifications

• Experience building or owning software systems used in live operational environments
• Strong product and architectural judgment in messy, cross-functional domains
• Ability to simplify workflows rather than mirror complexity in software
• Experience integrating multiple systems into a coherent operating model
• Willingness to stay close to users and make pragmatic tradeoffs

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with factory software domains such as SCADA, MES, HMI, analytics, CMMS, or quality systems
• Experience in manufacturing or other high-consequence operational settings
• Strong instincts around instrumentation and operational feedback loops
• Experience replacing heavyweight enterprise processes with lean internal systems
• Familiarity with strategic materials, process-intensive manufacturing, or adjacent regulated environments