Controls & Automation Engineer

• ◆Develop and maintain a data acquisition and controls stack to support a wide range of partnering test teams at the Long Beach site—creating software tools and setting standards for test assets and practices.
• ◆Design, implement, and own complex control systems for testing space-rated hardware, with responsibility for both hardware and software components.
• ◆Collaborate across disciplines—including software, thermal, manufacturing, propulsion, ECLSS, and mechanical test teams—to drive robust testing practices, gather upgrade requests, and define new capabilities for the test stack.
• ◆Troubleshoot and debug test assets to resolve issues quickly and ensure optimal test system performance.

• ✓B.S. in mechanical, aerospace, manufacturing or electrical engineering, physics, mathematics, or a related technical field.
• ✓Manufacturing experience (including internships) managing a product/product line across multiple work centers and/or departments, fluid, pressurized, propulsion, or environmental control hardware in design, manufacturing, or test.
• ✓2-4+ years of experience for Manufacturing Engineer II
• ✓4-6+ years of experience for Senior Manufacturing Engineer
• ✓Hands-on fabrication, assembly, and/or integration experience; CAD proficiency (NX preferred).

• ✓Hands-on experience building or testing hardware, in industry or through student teams such as Formula SAE, rocketry, CubeSat, or robotics.
• ✓Experience with aerospace, spacecraft, propulsion, or other safety-critical or high-reliability hardware.
• ✓Experience taking designs or processes from concept through build or test, and from R&D to production.
• ✓Familiarity with CAD tools, ideally Siemens NX, and PLM tools such as Teamcenter.
• ✓Exposure to thermal or structural analysis using Ansys, or similar tools.
• ✓Awareness of aerospace workmanship, design, and environmental test standards such as IPC, SMC-S-016, NASA-STD-5001, or MIL-STD-810.
• ✓Proficiency applying GD&T.
• ✓Strong problem-solving skills, including troubleshooting and structured root cause analysis.
• ✓Strong attention to detail, clear communication, and the ability to work well in cross-functional teams.
• ✓Senior Level: experience mentoring engineers or technicians and managing multiple projects at once.

Additional

• ✓Willingness to work evenings and/or weekends to support critical mission milestones.

and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.