Machina Labs
Senior Industrial Automation Engineer
$140K–$165K
Chatsworth, CA · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Mar 12, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in industrial automation, controls engineering, or robotics systems.
About the job
Designs, develops, and deploys automation and control systems for robotic manufacturing cells and production operations.
What you'll do
- Implement industrial automation systems using Beckhoff TwinCAT and Structured Text; connect controls to higher-level software platforms.
- Integrate robots, sensors, motion systems, and manufacturing equipment, and support real-time and embedded software.
- Maintain scalable automation architecture and collaborate with engineering teams to deploy and improve systems.
What they ask for
- Experience with Beckhoff TwinCAT or similar and strong PLC programming experience using Structured Text.
- Familiarity with embedded software development.
- Programming experience with C, C++, or Python.
- Understanding of industrial robotics and automated manufacturing equipment.
Nice to have
- Experience with robotic manufacturing systems or high-tech industrial robotics.
- Exposure to computational geometry, toolpath generation, geometric processing, motion control, servo drives, machine vision, or inspection systems.
Pay
USD 140,000–165,000 base salary per year
Tools
Beckhoff TwinCAT, Structured Text, C, C++, Python
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