Drimva

HPE

Principal Sustain Engineer - PCE (Houston, TX)

$152K–$349K

Spring, Texas, United States of America · Principal · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026

Experience
7 -10 years in software engineering, sustaining engineering, integration engineering, SRE, production engineering, or a related role.

About the job

Leads production issue resolution and builds reliable, automated, AI-enabled integrations and operations across factory, cloud, and enterprise systems.

What you'll do

  • Investigate complex production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and drive permanent reliability fixes.
  • Design and support integrations across factory environments, cloud platforms, internal systems, and third-party applications; automate operational work.
  • Apply AI and LLM technologies to improve troubleshooting, incident response, knowledge management, and operational efficiency.

What they ask for

  • Strong troubleshooting across cloud platforms, distributed systems, APIs, integrations, and production environments.
  • Experience with Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, Java, or similar technologies.
  • Experience with databases, monitoring, logging, networking, and automation.
  • Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

Nice to have

  • Manufacturing, factory, IoT, edge, or operational technology experience; experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP.
  • Familiarity with MQTT, OPC UA, SCADA, MES, PLCs, Kubernetes, CI/CD, observability, DevOps, or AI/LLM tools and methods.

Pay

USD 152,000 - 349,000 (base salary)

Tools

Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, Java, Azure, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes

AI focus

Uses AI and LLM technologies to improve troubleshooting, incident response, knowledge management, operational efficiency, and engineering and support productivity.

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First seen Oct 15, 2026 · Last verified Nov 6, 2026 (UTC)