Senior Automation & Controls Engineer - High-Volume Space Manufacturing

SpaceX; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX seeks a Sr. Automation and Controls Engineer in the Starlink program to drive automation projects in a high-volume manufacturing environment. You will design, develop, and implement control systems for complex equipment, ensuring safety and reliability.

You will work with design, manufacturing and operations teams, write PLC code, develop HMI screens, and manage electrical wiring and panel builds to enable rapid iteration and production readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline.
• 5+ years in design and commissioning of controls for industrial applications.
• Experience with safety standards and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and manage automation projects.
• Manage specifications, cost, lead-time, installation, and commissioning of new equipment.
• Own safety strategy and planning to meet ANSI/RIA15.06/OSHA standards.
• Collaborate with designers and manufacturing engineers to define system requirements.
• Create and maintain equipment docs and drawings for hand-off.
• Debug, root-cause, and improve equipment in high-rate production.
• Architect, write, and debug PLC code with maintainable structure.
• Develop simple but effective HMI screens for complex machines.
• Design electrical systems compliant to NEC, NFPA, UL508A.
• Oversee electrical cabinet builds, field wiring, pneumatics and hydraulics.

Skills

Automation design

Controls integration

PLC programming

HMI/SCADA

Robot programming

C#, .NET, Python

Electrical systems

3D CAD

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Beckhoff TwinCAT

Siemens TIA Portal

EPLAN

Siemens NX

Ignition

ABB Robot programming

Job description

SpaceX seeks a Sr. Automation and Controls Engineer in the Starlink program to drive automation projects in a high-volume manufacturing environment. You will design, develop, and implement control systems for complex equipment, ensuring safety and reliability.

You will work with design, manufacturing and operations teams, write PLC code, develop HMI screens, and manage electrical wiring and panel builds to enable rapid iteration and production readiness.