Senior Automation Engineer: Defense OT/PLC Systems

Anduril; Ashville (OH); On-site; USD 126,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Automation Engineer for its Manufacturing Automation team in the United States. You will own controls systems end-to-end, from architecture to commissioning, and help define production automation at national scale.

You will implement defense-grade OT security, deploy OT servers, and collaborate with IT, Security, and Manufacturing Engineering on cross-functional initiatives. Experience with AB and Siemens PLCs, OPC UA, MQTT, and networking is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Information Technology, or related field.
• 6+ years of controls and automation experience in a production environment.
• Strong PLC programming experience on Allen-Bradley and/or Siemens platforms.
• Proficiency in OPC UA, MQTT Engine/Distributor/Transmission.
• Fluency across OT stack—MQTT, OPC UA, TCP/IP, Ethernet, VLANs; packet-level analysis.
• Working knowledge of OT cybersecurity: air-gapped networks, segmentation, server hardening, secure remote access.
• Experience integrating with MES and QMS.
• U.S. Person due to access requirements.

Responsibilities

• Own controls systems end-to-end as technical system owner — architecture, PLC/HMI development, commissioning, proof of rate, sustainment handoff.
• Deploy and maintain OT server infrastructure including MQTT brokers and jump hosts with backup/change-control practices.
• Design and maintain OT networking stack for production and diagnose protocol, timing, and VLAN segmentation issues.
• Architect, develop, and debug PLC code on Allen-Bradley and Siemens platforms, with well-documented, high-volume manufacturing-ready code.
• Apply defense-grade OT security practices: air-gapped design, IEC 62443/NIST 800-82 segmentation, Purdue-model layering, server hardening, secure remote access.
• Partner with IT, Security, FactoryOS, and Manufacturing Eng on cross-functional initiatives and design reviews and cybersecurity buy-offs.
• Rj45 wiring, configure switches, automating system backups, IT and OT.
• FW configurations, AWS EC2s.

Skills

PLC programming

OPC UA

MQTT

Industrial Ethernet

OT security

Packet analysis

VLANs

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE/Robotics

Tools

Ignition

Allen-Bradley

Siemens

MES integration

QMS integration

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Automation Engineer for its Manufacturing Automation team in the United States. You will own controls systems end-to-end, from architecture to commissioning, and help define production automation at national scale.

You will implement defense-grade OT security, deploy OT servers, and collaborate with IT, Security, and Manufacturing Engineering on cross-functional initiatives. Experience with AB and Siemens PLCs, OPC UA, MQTT, and networking is required.