Top Controls Engineer Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Lead design, development, commissioning, and maintenance of full-stack control systems for nuclear fuel manufacturing. Responsibilities include PLC/DCS programming, SCADA/HMI development, ISA-88 batch control, SIS configuration, historian and enterprise integration, instrumentation sizing and commissioning, protocol interfacing, OT cybersecurity support, FAT/SAT execution, troubleshooting, contractor oversight, and mentoring junior engineers.

Build and support industrial control systems across levels: PLC programming, HMI/SCADA development, automation commissioning, troubleshooting, motion control and robotics integration, and cross-functional collaboration with manufacturing and systems teams.

The Controls Engineer is responsible for deploying Battery Energy Storage Systems, validating project designs, and ensuring smooth communication across teams.

The Controls Engineer confirms design and functionality of automated sortation systems by troubleshooting, programming PLC and HMI, and supporting project delivery with a focus on industrial controls.

Design and tune control loops for thermal management and motion control, develop embedded firmware, and integrate sensors and actuators.

As an Automation Controls Engineer, you will design, commission, and optimize automation systems, ensuring successful project delivery and mentoring team members.

Leads the technical baseline and lifecycle development of reusable embedded motor controllers for lunar spacecraft mechanisms. Responsibilities include defining architectures and interfaces, developing fault-tolerant control strategies, coordinating cross-functional teams, performing hardware bring-up and troubleshooting, reviewing electronics designs, and planning verification, qualification, environmental, and acceptance testing. The role requires hands-on control systems expertise across hardware, firmware, sensors, actuators, and avionics interfaces, along with technical leadership in safety-critical aerospace environments.

Designs lower-level building automation control systems, including drawings, material selection, sequences of operation, submittals, software tasks, as-built updates, and closeout documentation. Reads construction documents and electrical schematics, coordinates with project teams, manages assigned budgets and timelines, and supports field implementation. The role also requires customer-focused communication, safety compliance, training participation, occasional job-site travel, and lifting up to 50 pounds.

Lead automation projects across design, engineering, implementation, commissioning and lifecycle support. Serve as technical authority for control systems (DCS), provide cybersecurity and operational support, collaborate with sites and vendors, ensure safety and regulatory compliance, and travel for commissioning as needed.

Design, develop, test, and validate mechanical reactor reactivity-control systems and precision actuation mechanisms. Responsibilities include defining requirements and architecture, performing mechanism trade studies and FMEA, designing components for high-temperature and radiation environments, conducting design-for-manufacturability assessments, developing verification plans, and collaborating with multidisciplinary engineering teams and vendors.

Lead the design, development, testing, and validation of mechanical reactor reactivity-control systems. Design precision mechanisms, actuation solutions, linkages, interfaces, and instrumentation for high-temperature, high-stress, and radiation environments. Define requirements, architectures, and verification plans; conduct FMEA, DFM assessments, trade studies, vendor evaluations, and cross-functional collaboration across thermal, structural, neutronics, controls, and simulation teams.

The engineer will design and activate automated systems for Starship production, including PLC coding, electrical schematics, and safety systems implementation.

The Applications Engineer installs and integrates AI vision systems on production lines, troubleshoots issues, and provides customer support in manufacturing environments.

Develop and implement automation and technological solutions for production equipment in aerospace manufacturing, focusing on safety, process control, and productivity improvements.

The Controls Engineer will support the deployment of Battery Energy Storage Systems, collaborating with teams on design, implementation, and maintenance, while troubleshooting control systems and overseeing project documentation.

Design, document, and implement electrical power, instrumentation, and PLC-based control systems for R&D prototypes and full facility deployments. Produce control panel schematics, wiring diagrams, and electrical CAD drawings; integrate field devices and power infrastructure; support testing, commissioning, and ongoing system improvements.

As a Senior Controls Engineer, you will program PLC logic for automated drill rigs, ensuring safety and reliability while collaborating with other engineers.

Design, develop, and deploy advanced PLC/HMI/SCADA automation and controls systems for DAPS factories. Lead architecture, standards, and commissioning of factory modules, mentor engineers, support production operations, and integrate factory data to improve OPE and delivery on schedule and budget.

Lead design, architecture, and delivery of PLC/HMI/SCADA automation and controls for DAPS factories. Define standards, develop and commission advanced automation systems, support production operations, and enable factory data platforms. Collaborate cross-functionally to meet program milestones and resolve technical roadblocks under tight schedules.

The Controls Engineer is responsible for commissioning controls for conveyor and sortation systems, writing and implementing machine code, and ensuring all project aspects are completed and documented.

Design, implement, verify, and test guidance, navigation, and control algorithms for manned and unmanned fixed-wing air vehicles. Develop linear and nonlinear dynamic simulations, autocoded Simulink models, and HIL environments; support flight test, handling qualities analysis, and design reviews across development phases (PDR, CDR).

The Sr. Controls Engineer designs, programs, and tests automated sortation systems, leads projects, troubleshoots controls issues, and mentors junior engineers.

Design, implement, and verify GNC algorithms and software for spacecraft (LEO/GEO, upper stages, landers). Develop flight and simulation code, generate verification data, create reusable tools, resolve technical issues, and communicate designs. Mentor others and define GNC best practices for senior roles.

Develop, implement, and verify guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) algorithms and simulations for manned and unmanned fixed-wing air vehicles. Create control laws, build linear and non-linear dynamic models, run hardware-in-the-loop and flight-test analysis, and support design reviews and autonomy logic for inner/outer loop control and autopilot functions.

Design, implement, verify, and test guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) algorithms for manned and unmanned fixed-wing air vehicles. Develop control laws, simulation models, and autonomy logic; perform nonlinear and flying qualities analysis; support HIL and flight testing; and produce analyses for design reviews through program milestones.