What are the responsibilities and job description for the OpenVMS Software Controls Engineer position at Insight Global?
Job Description:
The Software Controls Engineer will be accountable for reliability and quality of factory developed software. Part of the technical team responsible for the Fuel Manufacturing Operation in the nuclear business. This engineer ensures factory critical software is reliable, adequate, and meets business security requirements. This person will help with two main projects; the first is transitioning the legacy OpenVMS systems to Windows/Linux. The second will be helping improve the software/system automations in place for the innovation manufacturing plant.
- Audit the performance, security, and reliability of internally developed software by:
- Interacting with operators, process engineers, technicians, and management
- Interacting with technical personnel from Digital Technology (IT & Security)
- Interacting with manufacturing equipment and processes
- Performing code reviews
- Utilizing code scanning services/applications
- Documenting bugs, outages, faults, etc.
- First line of engineering escalation for software reliability or feature issues
- Document issues, changes, and releases using a Version Control Management application (GitHub Enterprise, GitLab, Subversion)
- Add features to existing software such as I/O with manufacturing equipment and local data Management
- Upgrade and port legacy software written in FORTRAN, VB6, C to modern platforms such as .NET, Node.js, Python
- Port prototype and legacy software from OpenVMS to Windows/Linux (or others)
- Develop automated tests, diagnostic tools, and application deployment routines
- Package and archive existing 3rd party libraries and dependencies (Artifactory, NuGet, NPM, pip)
- Use and maintain a CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Enterprise and Propel
- Develop web-based and embedded systems HMIs (Human Machine Interface)
- Develop interfaces between manufacturing equipment and software applications using industrial protocols such as GE SRTP, OPC-UA, MQTT, etc.
- Review, design, generate, update, and monitor manufacturing equipment, devices, systems, and processes in the fuel components area, including both mechanical and electrical/instrumentation aspects of equipment.
Requirements:
- 4 Year Technical Degree in Engineering or Computer Science.
- 8 years’ experience with software development and maintenance for a manufacturing plant/LOB/environment.
- 5 years’ experience with OpenVMS, Unix, & Windows
- Strong aptitude for problem solving in software development and maintenance
- Experience with VBA and/or VB6 (Visual Basic)
- Proficiency with Version Control Systems: git, GitHub, Subversion
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline technology
- Experience with industrial control hardware: PLCs, field IO, HMIs
Compensation:
$60/hr to $65/hr.
Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education.
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.
Salary : $55 - $65
