Controls System Software Engineer

About this role

Anduril Industries seeks a Controls System Engineer to maintain and operate mission-critical factory infrastructure, including SCADA systems, OT networks, and PLC platforms. This role involves managing on-premise control systems, developing Ignition applications, and ensuring manufacturing uptime in a fast-paced defense manufacturing environment.

What you'll do

• Operate and maintain on-premise factory infrastructure and control systems supporting production
• Develop and manage Ignition Perspective SCADA applications including views, tags, alarms, and gateway topology
• Maintain OT server infrastructure (Ignition gateways, historians, MQTT brokers) with backup and change-control procedures
• Operate OT networking stack (MQTT, OPC UA, TCP/IP) and diagnose protocol and network issues using packet analysis
• Troubleshoot and debug PLC code on Allen-Bradley and Siemens platforms for high-volume manufacturing
• Serve as escalation point for resolving complex infrastructure issues and maintaining factory uptime

What they're looking for

• Ignition SCADA development and gateway modules
• OT network stack (MQTT, OPC UA, TCP/IP, industrial Ethernet, VLANs)
• PLC programming (Allen-Bradley, Siemens)
• Packet-level network analysis and troubleshooting
• OT cybersecurity and network segmentation
• PowerShell, Python, or Bash scripting
• On-premise infrastructure management (servers, storage, virtualization)
• Industry standards (ISA/IEC 62443, NIST 800-82, PERA)

Benefits

• Competitive salary range: $146,000–$194,000 USD
• Equity grants included in compensation package
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees