Software Engineer, Cyber Physical Systems
Kairos PowerAlameda, Canada
Full Time
Posted August 18, 2026
$92k - $109k
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- Open in the current public read path; this is not an employer guarantee.Last observed September 29, 2026
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Job Description
Kairos Power is seeking an early- to mid-career Software Engineer to join the Cyber-Physical Systems team within the Instrumentation, Controls, & Electrical department .
Key Responsibilities
- Build and maintain software for test systems, industrial operations, SCADA workflows, data acquisition, and analysis.
- Develop operator and engineering tools using Inductive Automation Ignition Perspective or similar SCADA/HMI platforms.
- Create and maintain PostgreSQL-backed applications, including schemas, queries, integrations, and data quality improvements.
- Build APIs and integrations between software tools, databases, SCADA systems, PLCs, and plant data systems.
- Support software interfaces with PLC-controlled systems, including environments using Rockwell Automation Studio 5000.
- Develop software that connects applications, data systems, and hardware systems.
- Support live applications used during industrial facility operations.
- Design and test tools or algorithms that help identify trends, anomalies, or off-normal system behavior.
- Improve software delivery through automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, deployment tooling, documentation, and developer workflow improvements.
- Collaborate with engineers, operators, and other stakeholders to deliver practical, maintainable software solutions.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- B achelor’s degree in Computer Science , Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Data Science, or equivalent experience.
- 2-4 years’ e xperience developing software applications, services, scripts, APIs, or data integrations.
- Programming experience in one or more languages such as Python, Java, React, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
- Experience with Ignition Perspective or similar SCADA/HMI platforms is preferred but not required.
- Experience with PostgreSQL or other SQL-based relational databases. Additional non-relational database experience is a plus.
- Familiarity with SCADA, HMI, electronic procedures, plant simulators, or control-system programming is preferred but not required.
- Familiarity with PLC systems, preferably Rockwell Automation Studio 5000, Allen-Bradley PLCs, industrial protocols, or PLC-to-SCADA integration is preferred but not required.
- Experience with automated testing, CI/CD, deployment automation, DevOps workflows, including tools such as Github Actions and Docker is preferred but not required.
- Experience with data acquisition, control, analysis, visualization, AI/ML, anomaly detection, or analytics applied to engineering or operational data is preferred but not required.
- Experience in laboratory, research, test, industrial, manufacturing, energy, aerospace, semiconductor, robotics, or other hardware-oriented environments is preferred but not required.
- Familiarity with cybersecurity, access control, data governance, backup/recovery, observability, or regulated technical environments is preferred but not required.
- Occasionally requires overtime.
- Occasionally requires working weekends.
- Occasionally requires schedule flexibility .
- Occasionally requires non-standard work-week hours.
- Occasionally requires extended hours to support launch and critical project timeline.
- The salary range for this position is $92,454 to $108,769 for employees working onsite at our Alameda, CA headquarters. The range provided in this job posting represents the typical range or starting rate of candidates hired in California. Factors that maybe used to determine your actual salary may include your education, experience, knowledge, skills, ability and the market data for your work location, and a comparison to other employees already in the role.
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Benefits & Perks
- We know that we have some of the most talented and dedicated employees, and we believe in rewarding them accordingly. If you work here, full-time employees (excludes interns) expect to have access to the benefits below:
- Competitive compensation packages
- Medical, dental and vision benefits for employees and their dependents
- Paid Vacation
- 401(k) and pre-tax health insurance, dependent care, and commuter benefits (FSA)
- Candidates only, no recruiters or agencies please.
- Note: You are applying for a position that is located in a facility that handles information that is subject to export control restrictions by the Department of Energy under 10 CFR Part 810. To work in this facility, you need to be authorized by the Department of Energy to access Part 810-controlled information. Foreign nationals who are citizens of countries that are not on the Department of Energy’s general authorization list (link below) are not permitted to work in our facility unless the Department of Energy issues an export control license to the company to permit that individual to have access to Part 810-controlled information. The following questions are intended to determine the licensing requirements that may apply. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/10/appendix-A_to_part_810
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