Senior Advanced Controls Engineer - On-Site Aerospace

Honeywell Aerospace; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

Honeywell Aerospace seeks a Senior Advanced Controls Engineer in Torrance, CA, to advance manufacturing through control systems and automation technologies. This on-site role reports to the leadership team and focuses on production efficiency, quality, and continuous improvement.

You will design and deploy Ignition SCADA/HMI applications, develop PLC logic, and integrate with SQL databases. Strong experience with PLC platforms and Python scripting is expected, along with a passion for innovation

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (engineering, science, math).
• Proven experience in advanced manufacturing engineering with focus on control systems and automation technologies.
• Experience with Ladder Logic, Structured Text, and HMI development environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, deploy, and support industrial control systems and automation solutions.
• Configure and deploy Ignition SCADA/HMI applications in the production shop.
• Develop Ignition projects including operator interfaces, dashboards, alarms, trends, and reporting.
• Configure Ignition Gateway services, tags, UDTs, tag history, alarms, security and database connections.
• Develop PLC control logic and integrate PLCs with Ignition using OPC UA and industrial protocols.
• Work with PLC platforms such as Allen-Bradley/Rockwell, Siemens, or equivalent.
• Develop and troubleshoot Python scripting within Ignition for automation, data processing, and application functionality.
• Integrate Ignition with SQL databases and develop queries for production data, downtime, quality, and monitoring.
• Support deployment of Ignition apps across development, test, and production environments.
• Perform commissioning, startup, troubleshooting, and validation of automated equipment and control systems.
• Troubleshoot PLC, HMI/SCADA, networking, instrumentation, communications, and database issues.
• Develop reusable Ignition templates, UDTs, scripts, and standards to improve scalability.

Skills

PLC programming

SCADA

DCS

Ladder Logic

Structured Text

HMI development

Ignition

Python scripting

SQL databases

OPC UA

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or technical field

Tools

Ignition SCADA

Allen-Bradley/Rockwell

Siemens

OPC UA

Job description

Honeywell Aerospace seeks a Senior Advanced Controls Engineer in Torrance, CA, to advance manufacturing through control systems and automation technologies. This on-site role reports to the leadership team and focuses on production efficiency, quality, and continuous improvement.

You will design and deploy Ignition SCADA/HMI applications, develop PLC logic, and integrate with SQL databases. Strong experience with PLC platforms and Python scripting is expected, along with a passion for innovation