CareerPlan

Controls Engineer, Production Equipment

Aviary - SSFFull-time$140k–$160k2026-10-30 → 2026-11-11
On-site

Core

Develop and integrate controls and electrical interfaces for production fixtures, workstations, and automated equipment to ensure safe, repeatable manufacturing of autonomous delivery aircraft and subsystems.

Role type

Senior IC Controls Engineer (Production Equipment)

Builds

Production fixtures, workstations, automated equipment, and test rigs for aircraft, battery packs, and docks

Domain

Autonomous logistics / Drone manufacturing / Industrial automation

Required skills

Controls design, Electrical interfaces, GD&T, Tolerance analysis, Mechanism design, 3D CAD (Siemens NX), Pneumatics, Actuator integration, Sensor integration, Industrial electrical standards

Preferred skills

Aerospace experience, Medical device experience, Safety-critical electro-mechanical product experience, Vendor management

Technologies

Siemens NX, CAD, Pneumatics, Actuators, Sensors, Linear motion systems

Responsibilities

Develop and validate equipment sequences, interlocks, and fault-recovery behavior; Diagnose control and electrical-interface faults during build and production; Own controls delivery from requirements through commissioning; Coordinate cross-functionally with Design, Manufacturing, Quality, and Test teams; Work directly with fabricators and vendors on RFQs and acceptance testing; Perform on-line debugging and root-cause analysis during launches.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC