Automation & Controls Engineering Lead — Aerospace

Castelion Corporation; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Castelion is seeking a Manager of Automation and Controls Engineering to lead the design, deployment, and sustainment of automated manufacturing systems across propellant-adjacent operations and final motor integration. You will build and lead a team delivering safe, high-throughput systems for aerospace production.

You will partner with Manufacturing Engineering, Tooling, Quality, and Design, own controls architecture, and drive automation standards across development and production sites,

Qualifications

• 8+ years of automation, controls, or manufacturing equipment engineering in aerospace/defense.
• 3+ years leading engineers or technical teams on automation programs.
• Proven success designing and sustaining industrial automation in production.

Responsibilities

• Lead the automation and controls engineering team with priorities and mentoring.
• Own design, review, and qualification of work cells and PLC/HMI/SCADA architectures.
• Establish standards for controls design, programming, and safety.
• Drive automation input for new product introduction and process changes.
• Oversee commissioning, FAT/SAT, and production support for equipment.
• Integrate data collection and MES interfaces for traceability.
• Report readiness, reliability, risk, cost, and schedule to leadership.

Skills

Automation leadership

Robot systems

PLC programming

HMI/SCADA

Industrial networks

Safety PLCs

Electrical design

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Eng

Master's preferred

Tools

Rockwell

Siemens

Beckhoff

Job description

Castelion is seeking a Manager of Automation and Controls Engineering to lead the design, deployment, and sustainment of automated manufacturing systems across propellant-adjacent operations and final motor integration. You will build and lead a team delivering safe, high-throughput systems for aerospace production.

You will partner with Manufacturing Engineering, Tooling, Quality, and Design, own controls architecture, and drive automation standards across development and production sites,