Top Controls Engineer Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Own control architecture for rotating machinery and test rigs, including compressors, motor drives, expansion turbines, and thermofluid loops. Develop safety interlocks, fault handling, speed-based capacity control, and hardware-in-the-loop validation. Tune controls on live machines, investigate model-to-plant discrepancies, integrate production chillers with site BMS and plant systems, and document systems for operations teams.

Develop and deploy motion-control systems for 6-DOF robotic arms used in commercial kitchens. Responsibilities include kinematic and dynamic modeling, trajectory generation, control-loop tuning, sensor and perception integration, real-time software development, simulation, hardware testing, calibration, safety mechanisms, fault recovery, and performance optimization. The engineer will collaborate across disciplines, validate systems on physical robots, support field deployments, and improve reliability in demanding restaurant environments.

Design, build, commission, and improve automated manufacturing equipment, including robotic systems, feed lines, assembly stations, PLCs, HMIs, and motion-control systems. Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, and software issues; develop documentation and control logic; and collaborate with Manufacturing, Engineering, and Supply Chain to deploy reliable, safe, repeatable production automation.

Designs and leads industrial automation control systems for material-handling solutions. Responsibilities include developing PLC programs, schematics, specifications, prototypes, automated equipment sequences, and manufacturing transitions. The role leads projects, performs testing and field investigations, ensures safety and reliability, manages schedules and costs, and mentors junior engineers. Requires significant controls engineering experience, Allen-Bradley expertise, industrial automation knowledge, and up to 50% domestic travel.

Designs and leads industrial control systems for automated material-handling solutions. Responsibilities include developing PLC programs, control schematics, equipment sequences, prototypes, and specifications; testing systems; investigating field issues; coordinating manufacturing transitions; and mentoring junior engineers. The role requires leading projects, collaborating with electrical and project teams, and traveling domestically up to 40% for site beta testing and support.

Designs and develops industrial automation control systems for material handling solutions, including automated equipment sequences, control panel schematics, PLC programs, prototypes, and testing. Leads projects, supports manufacturing transition, investigates field issues, and ensures safety, reliability, performance, and cost objectives. The role also provides technical direction and training, manages schedules and estimates, and performs domestic travel for beta testing and customer-related activities.

Designs and develops industrial control systems for automated material-handling equipment. Responsibilities include PLC programming, control-panel schematics, HMI and SCADA integration, prototype development, testing, troubleshooting, and leading large or multiple projects. The role collaborates with electrical and project teams, supports manufacturing transitions, mentors junior engineers, and conducts onsite beta testing. Domestic travel within North America may reach 40%.

Design, develop, verify, and test guidance, navigation, and control algorithms for manned and unmanned aircraft. Build control laws, dynamic simulation models, autonomy functions, and hardware-in-the-loop environments. Analyze flight performance, stability, flying qualities, and test data; support flight testing and technical design reviews. The role requires experience with aircraft flight dynamics, control systems, MATLAB, Simulink, C/C++, Python, and the ability to obtain a Secret clearance and SAP access.

Designs and commissions automated robotic, CNC, and tooling cells from concept through production handoff. Responsibilities include PLC, robot, HMI, motion-control, electrical-panel, industrial-network, machine-vision, sensor, and safety-device integration. The engineer performs floor commissioning, risk assessments, root-cause analysis, and customer run-offs while collaborating with manufacturing, tooling, software, and program-management teams. The role also mentors engineers and technicians and develops reusable controls libraries and standards.

Designs, programs, commissions, and troubleshoots industrial machinery and control systems for R&D, testing, and production. Responsibilities include electrical and fluid schematics, PLC software in TwinCAT, industrial hardware selection, HMI development, safety compliance, risk assessments, and collaboration with end users, vendors, and manufacturers. The role requires ownership of equipment design from concept through commissioning and a flexible schedule with travel as needed.

Designs, programs, tests, commissions, troubleshoots, and optimizes industrial control systems. Configures PLCs, HMIs, SCADA, and related control devices using automation programming languages. Develops system architectures, control philosophies, cause-and-effect diagrams, and control algorithms; supports on-site startup and commissioning. Collaborates with engineers, technicians, project managers, and customers while maintaining strong safety standards. The role includes approximately 25% domestic travel and requires industrial field experience, customer communication, and familiarity with major controls platforms.

Designs, develops, commissions, and troubleshoots industrial machinery and control systems for R&D, testing, and production. Responsibilities include electrical and fluid schematics, TwinCAT PLC programming, industrial hardware selection, HMI development, safety compliance, system debugging, vendor coordination, and collaboration with end users. Requires a relevant engineering degree, at least two years of experience, flexibility, and willingness to travel. ITAR-related work authorization eligibility is required.

Designs and maintains embedded C firmware for motion-control and motor-drive products. Responsibilities include control firmware architecture, algorithm implementation, code reviews, static analysis, testing, hardware bring-up, debugging, validation, documentation, and verification planning. The engineer collaborates with senior staff in an aerospace environment and develops expertise in motor control, control-loop design, embedded systems, and real-time performance.

Designs, programs, tests, and troubleshoots PLC, HMI, electrical, instrumentation, drive, and process control systems for high-speed beverage packaging and brewing equipment. Creates electrical schematics, supports control networks, performs root cause analysis and continuous improvement, and ensures GMP, HACCP, and FSMA compliance. The role also mentors electricians and automation technicians, supports CMMS activities, and collaborates with operations leaders across the manufacturing facility. Flexibility to work all shifts, weekends, and holidays is required.

Develops and tests guidance, navigation, and flight-control algorithms for manned and unmanned aircraft. Responsibilities include designing control laws, modeling aircraft dynamics, integrating software with simulation environments, conducting performance and flying-qualities analyses, supporting hardware-in-the-loop and flight testing, analyzing flight-test data, and preparing technical analyses for design reviews.

Designs, implements, verifies, and tests guidance, navigation, and control algorithms for manned and unmanned aircraft. Develops control laws, autonomy logic, flight-dynamics models, and simulation tools; performs stability, performance, and flying-qualities analyses; supports hardware-in-the-loop testing, flight tests, data analysis, and design reviews. The role requires active Secret clearance and Special Program Access, with travel up to 20–25%.

Design and own guidance, navigation, and control systems for high-speed interceptors. Develop guidance laws, flight-control loops, actuator models, state-estimation and sensor-fusion pipelines, and high-fidelity 6DOF simulations. Build embedded real-time GNC software, conduct hardware-in-the-loop and ground intercept testing, and analyze Monte Carlo and worst-case results. Collaborate with sensing, perception, propulsion, actuation, embedded, and vehicle-design teams to deliver reliable autopilot performance.

Supports and troubleshoots controls assemblies across NASA Deep Space Network facilities and antenna subsystems. Diagnoses ladder logic, PLC programs, HMIs, wiring, communications, sensors, and electromechanical systems; supports repair and replacement projects, design reviews, commissioning, configuration management, obsolescence tracking, vendor coordination, cost studies, engineering change management, and cybersecurity requirements. Provides technical guidance to operations personnel and travels occasionally for commissioning activities.

Collaborate to design and implement automation systems for production, ensuring efficiency and reliability in the manufacturing process.

Design, build, and operate instrumentation, DAQ, and automated test control systems for spacecraft testing. Develop test automation (LabVIEW, Python, MATLAB), commission and calibrate sensors, troubleshoot hardware/software integration, perform post-test data analysis, and maintain data management and requirements traceability in hazardous test environments.

Design and deliver instrumentation and control systems (PLC/SCADA) for manufacturing clients. Lead I&C design and estimation, perform job walk assessments, specify instrumentation, conduct root-cause analyses, document process requirements, and support installation/start-up and multidisciplinary project delivery.

Own locomotion policy development for robots, focusing on self-traversal across various surfaces using simulation and hardware. Collaborate with mechatronics teams to optimize robot capabilities.

Lead design and implementation of pointing, acquisition, and tracking (PAT) for an FSO laser terminal. Develop algorithms and control loops for FSMs/precision actuators, create pointing budgets, build HIL testbeds, prototype and validate PAT performance, and support optical alignment and system testing across optics, photonics, and modem teams.

Lead end-to-end GNC development including design, simulation, HIL integration, and flight test. Perform trajectory and dispersion analysis for reentry, size ADCS hardware, implement autonomous attitude/orbit control and rendezvous algorithms, run Monte Carlo analyses, integrate sensors/actuators, and support on-orbit and reentry operations and coordination with external agencies.

Design, develop, commission, and hand off automated production and test equipment for mass manufacturing and refueling of portable microreactors. Architect and write maintainable PLC code, ensure safety and code compliance for robots and electrical systems, size components, manage cabinet builds and field wiring, and create clear HMI/SCADA interfaces.