Software Engineer - Site Controller, Energy Storage

About the role

The Site Controller is the "Central Nervous System" of our modular Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). It is the platform that allows us to harmonize new and repurposed batteries into a single, high-performance energy asset. We are looking for engineers to build the digital backbone that finally makes renewable energy baseload-ready and turns the grid into a truly digital, responsive network.

Responsibilities

• Distributed System Architecture: Design and implement a scalable, resilient software architecture for the Site Controller, ensuring it can coordinate thousands of distributed microcontrollers with zero downtime.
• Tiered Control Logic: Lead the development of multi-rate control systems, balancing high-level site coordination with real-time grid execution. Collaborate with simulation and controls teams to optimize state-of-charge and battery longevity at the site coordination layer, while leading the integration of high-speed closed-loop controls to ensure sub-cycle grid synchronization and precise command execution.
• System Resilience & Fault Handling: Architect robust fault-management frameworks, designing the state machines responsible for autonomous error recovery and failsafe modes.
• Deterministic Networking: Architect the physical and real-time networking layers. Define the communication interfaces and network protocols that ensure low-latency, reliable data flow between the site controller, local assets, and upstream telemetry.
• Hardware Abstraction & Integration: Design and define the critical software interfaces that enable our "Pack Manager" to serve as a universal translator. Architect the communication layers to ensure high-availability and resilient data exchange between the centralized site controller and a heterogeneous fleet of downstream microcontrollers.
• Testable Software Excellence: Design and implement highly modular, testable software. Ensure all site controller logic is built with automated unit and integration testing in mind, providing a robust foundation for system-wide validation.
• System Diagnostics: Familiarity with distributed logging tools and optimizing telemetry data flows for real-time system health and performance tracking.

Qualifications

• A BS or MS in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering, combined with 2+ years of professional experience developing application-layer software for hardware-constrained systems.
• Proficiency in Rust and Python. Understand when to leverage Rust's safety and performance for site orchestration and how to utilize Python for rapid tooling and simulation.
• Deep familiarity with industrial communication protocols (Modbus TCP and CAN). Experience with DNP3 or IEC 61850 is a significant plus.
• Strong experience with Linux system administration and modern containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) for edge computing.
• Experience implementing and managing high-availability Firmware Over-the-Air (OTA) pipelines, ensuring secure and reliable updates from the cloud through to downstream controllers.
• Experience with time-series databases and data visualization tools for monitoring system health and energy flows.
• Proven track record of integrating vendor-off-the-shelf (VOTS) components such as PV systems, industrial inverters, fire safety systems, and HVAC controllers into a unified software platform.