
Production Systems Software / Automation Engineer - #26-26898
North Charleston, SCContract$80–90/hrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
The Production Systems Software / Automation Engineer develops and integrates software, equipment, tooling, and automation solutions for the 787 production system. The role spans software products from conception through retirement, supports production-grade applications, and works with manufacturing teams, end users, suppliers, and vendors. It also contributes to production readiness, system specifications, procurement decisions, and compliance with safety, reliability, and regulatory requirements.
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$80-$90 per hour
North Charleston, SC
Contract
Duration: 12 Months
Job Description
- Develops program and project requirements, develops highly complex equipment and tooling concepts and designs solutions, including alternatives for the Production System. Validates analysis of technical data, influences product engineering design and makes robotics, automation or technical recommendations to support production system integration for a aerospace products. Leads the creation and modification of equipment and tooling definition at the program level. Executes project plans, provides input to Make/Buy decisions and partners with Procurement to meet program schedule, cost and quality targets. Ensures compliance with safety, producibility, maintainability, reliability, ergonomic factors and regulatory requirements. Leads gated reviews and develops plans for production readiness, preventative maintenance and spares. Validates contractual performance milestones. Develops and implements work-arounds and maintains configuration of hardware, software and documentation. Conducts studies and make recommendation for disposition of assets.
Position Responsibilities:
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Architects, plans, implements, tests, and maintains software with the 787-production system including desktop, cloud-based, and industrial applications.
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Learns and understands the underlying build process of the 787 Dreamliner to find, resolve, and recommend changes for production-grade software applications.
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Owns software products in a DevSecOps manner from initial conception through retirement.
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Programs, integrates, & troubleshoots automation systems from industry leading Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs).
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Serves as a subject matter expert related to acquisitions of software from vendors (including requirements definition, authoring, bid review, implementation oversight).
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Generates system specifications from production system requirements.
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Interfaces with end users and stakeholders to ensure completeness of solutions.
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Develops, collaborates, and releases bid and purchase specifications for equipment and tooling needs which include software from suppliers.
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hWorks in a cross functional team alongside manufacturing, quality, safety, services, research and technology, suppliers and vendors.
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):
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Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement.
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2+ years of experience working in an engineering discipline application.
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2+ years of experience working in software development.
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):
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9+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
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2+ years of experience working with any of two following technologies:
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C++ C# / .NET
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Golang (Go)
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Python
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Java
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JavaScript
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SQL or No-SQL
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Cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.)
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Industrial Controls Programming or Industrial Control Systems Support
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Experience in containers, containerization, or container orchestration.
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Experience in Unix or Linux and Windows.
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Familiarity with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
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Familiarity with 3D Metrology processes and/or Spatial Analyzer software.
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Familiarity with industrial control systems.
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Familiarity with production systems and/or manufacturing applications.
Education / Experience:
- Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 9 or more years'related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. PhD+4 years' related work experience, Master+7 years' related work experience). In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.
About US Tech Solutions:
US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. To know more about US Tech Solutions, please visit www.ustechsolutions.com .
US Tech Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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How this job compares
Set against the 34,344 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$80–90/hr
- US median$55–67/hr637 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $85/hr, is 37% above the US median midpoint ($62/hr) — in the top quarter of Software Engineer hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 200 open Software Engineer jobs in South Carolina and 34,344 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 27,682 postings).
- Education
- 12,467 of the 34,344 open Software Engineer jobs (36%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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