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Controls Engineer, Manufacturing Automation

Anduril· Manufacturing : Manufacturing Engineering : Manufacturing Automation
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Costa Mesa, CA$123k - $171kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Controls Engineer responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining manufacturing floor controls and OT/IT automation infrastructure, including PLC/HMI development, Ignition SCADA, OT networking, and cybersecurity practices in a production environment.

Responsibilities

  • Support controls systems across their lifecycle, contributing to architecture, PLC/HMI development, commissioning, proof of rate, and sustainment handoff
  • Deploy and maintain OT/IT server infrastructure — Ignition gateways, historians, MQTT brokers, and jump hosts — backed by disciplined backup and change-control practices
  • Help design and maintain the production OT networking stack (MQTT, OPC UA, TCP/IP), and diagnose protocol, timing, and VLAN segmentation issues down to the packet level
  • Build Ignition Perspective SCADA applications, including views, tag architecture, alarm pipelines, historian configuration, and gateway topology
  • Develop and debug PLC code on Allen-Bradley and/or Siemens platforms, producing structured, well-documented code suitable for high-volume manufacturing
  • Apply OT security practices — air-gapped design, IEC 62443/NIST 800-82 segmentation, Purdue-model layering, server hardening, and secure remote access
  • Partner with IT, Security, FactoryOS, and Manufacturing Engineering on cross-functional initiatives, and support the controls team in design reviews and cybersecurity buy-offs
  • Handle hands-on network infrastructure across OT/IT — running and terminating network cabling, configuring switches, and automating backup routines
  • Assist with configuring and managing the firewalls and AWS EC2 instances that support production infrastructure

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Information Technology, or a related field
  • 4+ years of controls and automation experience in a production environment
  • Solid PLC programming skills on Allen-Bradley and/or Siemens platforms
  • Proficiency in Ignition SCADA development, including gateway modules (Tag Historian, Alarm Notification, SQL, OPC UA, MQTT Engine/Distributor/Transmission)
  • Working proficiency across the OT stack — MQTT, OPC UA, TCP/IP, industrial Ethernet, VLANs, switching, and routing
  • Working knowledge of OT cybersecurity, including air-gapped networks, network segmentation, server hardening, and secure remote access
  • Must be eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Skills

Required:PLC programmingIgnition SCADA developmentOT/IT networkingOT cybersecuritySCADA/OT security

Benefits

  • Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (health, recovery, and more)
Last updated Sep 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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