Senior Controls Engineer
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Job overview
Solcoa Industries is scaling a rare-earth metalmaking process and seeks a Senior Controls Engineer to own instrumentation and controls design, implementation, testing, and commissioning. The engineer will build measurement and data-recording systems, integrate PLC-based automation into reactor designs, and develop controls for gas delivery and furnace operation. The role works with process and mechanical engineers to support safe operation and shutdown.
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Full job description
Making the Metals Powering the World Solcoa is building the next generation of American metalmaking, starting with rare earths — the metals of power and motion. We've developed a new chemistry that converts rare earth oxides into high-purity metals — the materials inside every EV, fighter jet, wind turbine, and data center — cleaner, cheaper, and faster than any conventional process. Now we're scaling it to thousands of tonnes of annual production.
The Role The Senior Controls Engineer will own the design, implementation, testing, and commissioning of instrumentation and controls for Solcoa's metals processing systems. You will build scalable measurement and data recording systems, integrate PLC-based automation into reactor designs, and develop controls for gas delivery and furnace operation. Working closely with process and mechanical engineers, you will translate process requirements into reliable automation and protective controls that support safe operation and shutdown as we scale production.
What You’ll Do
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Instrumentation and Data Acquisition. Design scalable systems to measure and record temperature, pressure, gas concentrations, and process flows. Select and integrate instruments, establish calibration requirements, and build reliable data logging and operator displays that support troubleshooting and production scale-up.
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Reactor, Gas, and Furnace Controls. Develop PLC-based controls for reactors, gas systems, and furnaces. Use process measurements to regulate gas flow, pressure, and heating. Work with process and mechanical engineers to integrate controls into reactor designs and automate operating sequences.
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Safe Operation and Shutdown. Design alarms, interlocks, and shutdown controls with process and safety engineers. Implement required safety functions and define how systems respond to abnormal conditions, instrument failures, and loss of utilities to bring processes to a safe state.
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Testing and Commissioning. Lead testing and commissioning of instrumentation and controls. Verify calibration, wiring, control logic, and shutdown functions. Resolve issues during installation and startup, document test results, and prepare operating instructions and training for the operations team.
Compensation & Benefits
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Competitive base salary.
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Generous stock options.
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Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance.
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Company-provided lunch daily.
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Visa sponsorship available if needed.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,366 open Controls Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- California median$135–187K/yr164 salary ranges
- US median$40–52/hr167 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 213 open Controls Engineer jobs in California and 2,366 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- Controls Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 6 years (1,999 postings).
- Education
- 1,211 of the 2,366 open Controls Engineer jobs (51%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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