Lead Process Controls Engineer, Sensing & DAQ

Hadrian; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 268,000 - 321,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life保险

401k

Relocation support

Flexible vacation

Equity

Job summary

Hadrian in Los Angeles is building autonomous factories and expanding capabilities across welding, casting, forging, electronics, additive manufacturing, and more. Engineers on the Applied Physical Systems team design, build and commission custom systems on the factory floor, turning data into actionable insights.

The role collaborates with process engineers and uses AI tools for analysis, firmware development, and documentation as part of a cutting-edge manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical, computer or mechanical engineering, physics, or a related field.
• Strong electrical fundamentals including grounding, shielding and noise in measurement systems.
• Software engineering in Python and C/C++, including version control and testing.

Responsibilities

• Design vendor-agnostic data acquisition (DAQ) systems, covering sensors, signal conditioning, time base, edge compute, storage and APIs.
• Instrument manufacturing equipment and processes, and reuse the same platform across machines.
• Specify sensors, placement and front-end electronics against noise and bandwidth budgets.
• Synchronize process signals with robot and machine position and state.
• Build signal-processing pipelines that turn raw data into features and process state.
• Work with process engineering teams to turn failure modes into measurement requirements.
• Decide when COTS hardware is enough, and design or contract custom electronics when it is not.
• Develop monitoring and closed-loop control of physical processes.

Skills

Electrical fundamentals

Python & C/C++

Control fundamentals

Sensor calibration

DSP

DAQ systems

Embedded RTOS

AI tools usage

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical, computer or mechanical engineering, physics

Tools

KiCad

Altium

FPGAs

Job description

Hadrian in Los Angeles is building autonomous factories and expanding capabilities across welding, casting, forging, electronics, additive manufacturing, and more. Engineers on the Applied Physical Systems team design, build and commission custom systems on the factory floor, turning data into actionable insights.

The role collaborates with process engineers and uses AI tools for analysis, firmware development, and documentation as part of a cutting-edge manufacturing environment.