Anduril
Controls Engineer, Manufacturing Automation
$132K–$175K
Costa Mesa, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Sep 10, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years of controls and automation experience in a production environment.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Information Technology, or a related field.
About the job
Build, deploy, and sustain manufacturing-floor controls systems and OT/IT automation infrastructure, including PLC/HMI development, SCADA applications, networking, and security.
What you'll do
- Support controls systems through architecture, development, commissioning, proof of rate, and sustainment.
- Deploy and maintain OT/IT servers, Ignition SCADA applications, and production networking infrastructure.
- Develop and debug PLC code, apply OT cybersecurity practices, and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Solid PLC programming skills on Allen-Bradley and/or Siemens platforms.
- Proficiency in Ignition SCADA development and working proficiency across the OT stack and OT cybersecurity.
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
Nice to have
- Experience in regulated or defense manufacturing environments, or integrating controls with MES and QMS platforms.
- Experience with redundant/high-availability Ignition gateway topologies, torque tools, vision systems, control panels, or CAD packages.
Pay
$132,000 — $175,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Ignition, Allen-Bradley, Siemens, MQTT, OPC UA, TCP/IP, AWS EC2, SolidWorks
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