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# Controls/PLC Engineer I at Specter Aerospace

Department: Electrical Engineering

Compensation · Listed in posting

$99,000 – $118,000/yr

**Setup**
: On-site

**Location**
: Peabody, Massachusetts

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: entry

**Posted**
: Sep 18, 2026

## Description

Specter Aerospace is hiring a full-time Controls/PLC Engineer I to support controls systems for a scramjet test facility. The role involves improving existing test-cell controls, designing controls for new test cells, integrating sensors, building industrial control panels and I/O systems, calibrating and maintaining sensors and actuators, and troubleshooting control sequences. The position requires a bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline, 0–2 years of relevant experience, familiarity with structured-text PLCs and databases, U.S. citizenship, and eligibility for a U.S. Secret security clearance. Compensation is $99,000–$118,000, with health and dental insurance, equity opportunity, retirement matching, paid time off, and federal holidays.

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