
Software & Controls Engineer
Santa Rosa, CAContract / Temporary$48–55/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed today
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The Software & Controls Engineer II designs, develops, supports, and enhances software and control systems for manufacturing and testing thin-film materials and related products. The role supports automated and electro-mechanical equipment through software development, PLC programming, troubleshooting, and upgrades, working with Engineering, Maintenance, Production, and technical teams to improve reliability and modernize manufacturing systems.
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We have an outstanding Contract position for aSoftware & Controls Engineer to join a leading Company located in theSanta Rosa, CAsurrounding area.
Pay Rate: $48.00 - $55.00 Hourly
US Citizenship is required.
Candidate must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Security Clearance.
The Software & Controls Engineer II designs, develops, supports, and enhances software and control systems used to manufacture and test thin-film materials and related products. This position supports automated and electro-mechanical manufacturing equipment through software development, PLC programming, controls troubleshooting, system documentation, and equipment upgrades. The engineer works closely with Engineering, Maintenance, Production, and other technical teams to improve equipment reliability, resolve technical issues, and support the modernization of manufacturing systems.
Job Responsibilities:
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Design, develop, modify, test, and support software and control systems used in automated manufacturing and test equipment.
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Develop and troubleshoot PLC logic, control software, operator interfaces, instrumentation, sensors, actuators, and equipment communications.
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Support Maintenance and Engineering teams with equipment troubleshooting root cause investigations, corrective actions, and reliability improvements.
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Document control systems by updating wiring diagrams, mapping I/O, documenting signal flow, and creating as-built technical documentation.
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Support equipment upgrades and legacy system modernization, including hardware replacement, software migration, testing, commissioning, and production release.
Basic Hiring Criteria:
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1-2 years of experience with one or more of the flowing PLC programming tools (Siemens TIA Portal, Allen Bradley RSLogix, GE Fanuc LogicMaster ) , PLC troubleshooting, industrial automation, or control-system support.
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1-2 years of experience troubleshooting electrical controls, instrumentation, sensors, actuators, motor controls, or electro-mechanical equipment.
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1-2 years of experience reading and interpreting electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, I/O lists, control drawings, or mechanical drawings.
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1-2 years of experience developing, modifying, testing, or debugging software used to control automated equipment or manufacturing systems.
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1-2 years of experience creating or maintaining technical documentation, wiring diagrams, equipment configuration records, software revisions, or change-control documentation.
Desired Qualifications:
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PLC programming experience with Siemens TIA Portal, Allen-Bradley RSLogix, Studio 5000, GE Fanuc LogicMaster, or similar PLC platforms.
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LabVIEW programming experience using National Instruments development tools.
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Experience with industrial wiring, control panels, field devices, instrumentation, equipment communications, or conductor termination.
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Experience reverse engineering legacy control systems, mapping I/O points, documenting signal flow, or creating as-built electrical drawings.
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Experience with equipment upgrades, hardware obsolescence planning, software migration, manufacturing data systems, relational databases, document control, or formal change management.
Benefits offered vary by contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, and affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.
Military connected talent encouraged to apply.
VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled
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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:
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The California Fair Chance Act
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Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
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Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
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San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
How this job compares
Set against the 41,311 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$48–55/hr
- California median$48–65/hr157 hourly ranges
- US median$50–65/hr1,029 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $51.50/hr, is 14% below the California median midpoint ($60/hr) — in the middle half of Software Engineer hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 9,550 open Software Engineer jobs in California and 41,311 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 33,552 postings).
- Education
- 14,305 of the 41,311 open Software Engineer jobs (35%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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