Automation & Controls Equipment Engineer (Rapid Scale-Up)

Castelion Corporation; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee equity

Paid time off

Medical coverage

Dental & Vision

FSA/HSA

401k retirement plan

Parental leave

Catered meals

Snacks & beverages

Fitness stipend

EV charging

Job summary

Castelion Corporation in Torrance, CA is seeking an Equipment Engineer specializing in automation and controls to support development and scale-up of wet chemistry manufacturing processes. You will design, integrate, commission, and optimize automated manufacturing equipment and develop control architectures for production-ready systems.

The role blends hands-on equipment development with controls engineering, requiring collaboration across engineering disciplines and detailed documentation to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Controls Engineering, or a related field.
• 1+ years of automation & controls expertise in aerospace manufacturing environment

Responsibilities

• Design, build, integrate, and commission automated manufacturing equipment to support development and production activities.
• Develop PLC, HMI, motion control, sensor integration, and industrial automation solutions to improve process capability and equipment reliability.
• Design and execute structured equipment qualification and process validation activities to optimize throughput, repeatability, and manufacturability.
• Collect, organize, and analyze equipment performance and process data to support optimization and manufacturing readiness.
• Develop and maintain equipment documentation, electrical schematics, control logic, operating procedures, and preventive maintenance documentation.
• Troubleshoot equipment, controls, instrumentation, and automation issues in a fast-paced development environment.
• Support scale-up activities by evaluating equipment performance across increasing production volumes and implementing improvements to enable future production capacity.

Skills

Automation & controls

PLC programming

Industrial controls

Data analysis

Equipment design

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Mechanical/Electrical/Mechatronics/Controls

Tools

PLC programming

Instrumentation

Sensors

Motion systems

Industrial communication protocols

Job description

Castelion Corporation in Torrance, CA is seeking an Equipment Engineer specializing in automation and controls to support development and scale-up of wet chemistry manufacturing processes. You will design, integrate, commission, and optimize automated manufacturing equipment and develop control architectures for production-ready systems.

The role blends hands-on equipment development with controls engineering, requiring collaboration across engineering disciplines and detailed documentation to