Controls Engineer, Manufacturing Automation
Anduril Industries
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This role pays less than 55% of similar roles. Most pay $133,318–$195,956 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $154k versus about $165k for comparable roles.
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Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that builds advanced hardware and software systems for national security, including autonomous drones, surveillance systems, and the Lattice AI command platform.
Anduril Industries currently has 906 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $166,000–$220,000 across 860 roles with salary data.
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The Controls Engineer 2nd shift, Manufacturing Automation joins the team to build and maintain controls systems for the manufacturing floor. This role involves contributing to architecture, PLC/HMI development, commissioning, proof of rate, and sustainment. The engineer will deploy OT/IT server infrastructure, including Ignition gateways, historians, and MQTT brokers, while maintaining the production networking stack using MQTT, OPC UA, and TCP/IP. Key responsibilities include developing and debugging PLC code on Allen-Bradley and Siemens platforms, building Ignition Perspective SCADA applications, and applying OT security practices like IEC 62443 segmentation and Purdue-model layering. The position requires hands-on network infrastructure work, including cabling and switch configuration. The work focuses on solving manufacturing automation challenges within a defense technology production environment.
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