Autonomous AM Controls & Data Integration Lead - Equity

Frontdoor Defense; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life保险

Relocation support may be provided

Flexible vacation policy

Equity

Job summary

Hadrian in Torrance, California, seeks a System Engineer for Machine Controls & Data Integration in Additive Manufacturing. You will lead connectivity across PC-based controls, PLC subsystems, and vendor interfaces, ensuring scalable data schemas and reliable telemetry storage for end-to-end traceability.

You will govern interface requirements, build robust data pipelines, and collaborate with IT/security to maintain secure, compliant OT networks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, Mechatronics, or related field.
• 5+ years connecting production manufacturing equipment to higher-level software systems — MES, SCADA, historian, or data platforms.
• Hands-on fluency with OPC-UA and MQTT and at least one PLC platform at the tag/program level.
• Strong relational database design and SQL fluency; time-series storage experience.
• Proficient in Python for integration, with version control discipline.
• Willingness to work on-site in Torrance, CA, up to travel 25%.
• U.S. person for ITAR compliance; prior experience in aerospace/defense a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build and own the connectivity layer across the AM fleet, including log, file, and tag-level extraction.
• Own schemas, dictionaries, naming conventions, units, and versioning for scalable integrations.
• Design, build, and operate telemetry and build data pipelines with guarantees.
• Define and enforce interface baselines with OEMs and internal teams.
• Instrument supplementary sensing and edge compute when needed.
• Collaborate with IT and Security for compliant OT network deployment.
• Support commissioning, FAT/SAT from a controls/data perspective.
• Travel to deployment sites as required; manage vendor relations.

Skills

5+ years connecting prod equipment to高

OPC-UA & MQTT fluency

Siemens S7 & TIA Portal

Relational DB design

SQL proficiency

Python for integration

OT/ITAR awareness

On-site Torrance travel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Controls/CS/Robotics or related field

Tools

OPC-UA

MQTT

SQL

Time-series storage

Job description

Hadrian in Torrance, California, seeks a System Engineer for Machine Controls & Data Integration in Additive Manufacturing. You will lead connectivity across PC-based controls, PLC subsystems, and vendor interfaces, ensuring scalable data schemas and reliable telemetry storage for end-to-end traceability.

You will govern interface requirements, build robust data pipelines, and collaborate with IT/security to maintain secure, compliant OT networks.