Software Development Engineer

Special Instructions to Applicants

This is a four year contract with the possibility of extension and/or conversion to a career appointment.

CESMII is the national institute on Smart Manufacturing (SM) for the United States. OARC is the program and administrative home of CESMII, which it operates in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing Office. CESMII drives innovation in SM through a membership network, education and workforce development program, funded research projects, and a Smart Manufacturing Innovation Platform. Smart Manufacturing is the application of advanced technologies such as sensors, controls, analytics, modeling, and platforms to increase efficiency in manufacturing.

CESMII’s mission is to accelerate SM adoption, which will radically impact manufacturing performance through measurable improvements in areas such as quality, throughput, costs/profitability, safety, asset reliability, and energy productivity. By enabling frictionless movement of raw and contextualized data (i.e., information) between real-time operations and the people and systems that create value in and across manufacturing organizations, CESMII is ensuring the power of information and innovation is at the fingertips of everyone who touches manufacturing.

We are seeking a Software Development Engineer to help design, build, and evolve the next generation of CESMII’s Smart Manufacturing Platform. In this role, you will contribute directly to the development of core platform capabilities—including data ingestion, contextualization, data management, workflow-driven integration, and CESMII’s SM Marketplace—all foundational elements of the nation’s Smart Manufacturing future. You will play a critical role in advancing CESMII’s Smart Manufacturing Architecture Imperatives, providing technical expertise and hands‑on development across multiple platforms.

Working with a combination of Waterfall and Agile methodologies, you will help shape technical milestones, collaborate with internal and external development teams, and represent CESMII’s technical work to senior leadership, industry partners, and Department of Energy reviewers.

As a Software Development Engineer, you will:

• Design, develop, test, and maintain software components, APIs, and platform services that advance CESMII’s Smart Manufacturing Imperatives.
• Contribute to the operational architecture, technical specifications, evaluation, testing, and demonstration of core SM platform components.
• Support development of software related to SM Profiles (structured manufacturing information models) and the SM Marketplace.
• Serve as a key technical expert for Manufacturing IT software related to data connectivity, ingestion, and contextualization.
• Participate as a member of the CESMII Dev Ops team, guiding community members in applying manufacturing IT software practices.
• Support development of technology demos, proofs of concept, and documentation.
• Analyze emerging technologies to inform current and future Smart Manufacturing initiatives.

We’re looking for a technical expert with a passion for Smart Manufacturing innovation—someone who thrives in a multi‑stakeholder environment and is energized by complex, systems‑level challenges. Ideal candidates will have experience in:

• Software engineering across distributed or multi-platform architectures
• Manufacturing IT, industrial data systems, or OT/IT integration
• Data modeling, connectivity, ingestion, contextualization, or workflow integration
• Agile and hybrid software development methodologies
• Collaboration with cross‑functional technical and non‑technical stakeholders

• National Impact:
  Contribute to a platform that is redefining how manufacturers innovate and compete.
• Mission‑Driven Work:
  Help democratize Smart Manufacturing and strengthen U.S. manufacturing capabilities.
• Collaborative Ecosystem:
  Work alongside industry leaders, researchers, integrators, and government partners.
• Innovation Culture:
  Shape emerging technologies, guide community adoption, and drive forward-looking research and development.
• Growth & Visibility:
  Represent CESMII’s technical work at…