# Senior Controls Engineer, Manufacturing Automation

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $146,000-$194,000 USD
**Category**: Manufacturing
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

As a Senior Controls Engineer, you’ll be the technical owner of controls systems on the manufacturing floor , from architecture and PLC/HMI development through commissioning, proof of rate, and sustainment.

**Responsibilities**

- Own controls systems end-to-end, driving 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

- 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

- Architect, develop, and debug PLC code on Allen-Bradley and/or Siemens platforms, producing structured, well-documented code suitable for high-volume manufacturing

- Apply defense-grade 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 represent the controls team in design reviews and cybersecurity buy-offs

- Own hands-on network infrastructure across OT/IT , running and terminating network cabling, configuring switches, and automating backup routines

- Configure and manage firewalls and AWS EC2 instances that support production infrastructure

**Required Qualifications**

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Information Technology, or a related field

- 6+ years of controls and automation experience in a production environment

- Strong 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)

- 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

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Experience in regulated or defense manufacturing environments (ITAR/EAR-controlled, CMMC, or FDA/aerospace quality systems)

- Experience integrating controls systems with MES and QMS platforms

- Experience deploying Ignition in redundant/high-availability gateway topologies

- Experience with torque tools and 2D/3D vision systems

- Familiarity with control panel layout, electrical component selection, and cable routing

- Familiarity with CAD packages such as SolidWorks, NX, CATIA, or AutoCAD

## Skills

### Required
- PLC programming
- Ignition SCADA development
- OT cybersecurity
- MQTT
- OPC UA
- TCP/IP
- industrial Ethernet
- VLANs
- switching
- routing

### Nice to have
- Experience in regulated or defense manufacturing environments
- Experience integrating controls systems with MES and QMS platforms
- Experience deploying Ignition in redundant/high-availability gateway topologies
- Experience with torque tools and 2D/3D vision systems
- Familiarity with control panel layout, electrical component selection, and cable routing
- Familiarity with CAD packages

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