Senior CNC Controls Architect – Aerospace Manufacturing

Randstad USA; Middle River (MD); On-site; USD 115,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k)

PTO

Educational assistance

Onsite gym

FSA

Job summary

Randstad USA seeks a Lead CNC Controls Engineer to act as the site technical authority for industrial control systems at an aerospace manufacturing facility in Baltimore, MD. You will establish sitewide standards, author capital equipment specs, direct external machine builders, and own the controls architecture for high-rate production.

The role requires 5+ years in controls engineering, a BS in a related field, and fluency with Siemens TIA Portal/Sinumerik or FANUC Ladder III.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on industrial controls engineering at a machine builder, systems integrator, or advanced automated facility.
• BS in Electrical, Controls, or Mechatronics Engineering preferred; equivalent hands-on experience considered.
• Proven ability to code PLC/PMC interfaces with NC kernels and direct machine interfaces.
• Experience authoring SOWs and URS and leading FAT/SAT sign-offs with vendors.
• Ability to trace faults across software, electrical panels, and mechanical hardware.

Responsibilities

• Write and optimize PLC state logic for CNC controllers (AUTO/MDI/JOG) and safety interlocks.
• Develop and support control code in Siemens TIA Portal/Sinumerik or FANUC PMC Ladder III.
• Define site controls architecture, standards, tagging, naming, and version control.
• Author SOWs/URS for capital projects and lead FAT/SAT with vendors.
• Configure multi-axis robotic cells and CNC interfaces; manage OT networks.
• Serve as senior escalation point for machinery faults spanning software to hardware.

Skills

CNC

PLC

SCADA

Capital Equipment

Education

Bachelors

Tools

Siemens TIA Portal

Sinumerik

FANUC PMC Ladder III

Job description

Randstad USA seeks a Lead CNC Controls Engineer to act as the site technical authority for industrial control systems at an aerospace manufacturing facility in Baltimore, MD. You will establish sitewide standards, author capital equipment specs, direct external machine builders, and own the controls architecture for high-rate production.

The role requires 5+ years in controls engineering, a BS in a related field, and fluency with Siemens TIA Portal/Sinumerik or FANUC Ladder III.