Senior Automation Engineer - OT Security & PLC Automation Lead

Anduril; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Competitive benefits package

Health benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries seeks a Senior Automation Engineer for its Manufacturing Automation team to design, integrate, and deploy automated production systems across Anduril factories in the United States. You will own controls architecture, develop PLC/HMI code on major platforms, and ensure secure, scalable OT operations.

Ideal candidates bring 6+ years in production automation, strong PLC programming skills, and experience with OT cybersecurity and MES/QMS integrations.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of controls and automation in a production environment.
• Strong PLC programming on Allen‑Bradley and/or Siemens.
• Experience with OPC UA, MQTT Engine/Distributor/Transmission.
• Proficient across OT stack — MQTT, OPC UA, TCP/IP with packet‑level analysis.
• US Person due to access to export-controlled information.

Responsibilities

• Own controls systems end-to-end as technical system owner — architecture, PLC/HMI development, commissioning, proof of rate, and sustainment handoff.
• Deploy and maintain OT server infrastructure including MQTT brokers and jump hosts with disciplined backup and change-control practices.
• Design and maintain OT networking stack for production (MQTT, OPC UA, TCP/IP) and diagnose protocol, timing, and VLAN segmentation issues using packet-level analysis.
• Architect, develop, and debug PLC code on Allen‑Bradley and/or Siemens platforms, producing structured, documented code for high-volume manufacturing.
• 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 Engineering on cross‑functional initiatives and cybersecurity buy‑offs.
• Rj45 wiring, configure switches, automating system backups, IT and OT.
• FWs configs, AWS EC2s.

Skills

Controls engineering

PLC programming

OT cybersecurity

System integration

Packet-level analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree (CS/EE/robotics)

Tools

MQTT

OPC UA

Siemens/Allen-Bradley PLCs

MES integration

QMS integration

Industrial Ethernet

Job description

Anduril Industries seeks a Senior Automation Engineer for its Manufacturing Automation team to design, integrate, and deploy automated production systems across Anduril factories in the United States. You will own controls architecture, develop PLC/HMI code on major platforms, and ensure secure, scalable OT operations.

Ideal candidates bring 6+ years in production automation, strong PLC programming skills, and experience with OT cybersecurity and MES/QMS integrations.