# Staff Controls & Automation Engineer at Lydian

- Company: Lydian
- What the company does: We’re on a mission to decarbonize the aviation industry. Backed by USV.
- Company website: https://www.lydianlabs.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Boston
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $160K to $200K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-01
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/lydian/3e2447c4-bea3-48ad-88c3-29735ac2bd7c
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/lydian-staff-controls-and-automation-engineer/

## About the role

Lydian is developing the lowest cost sustainable fuels from waste CO2, water, and renewable electricity to decarbonize the aviation industry. Our breakthrough technology replaces oil and gas refining with fully electrified, modular, and flexible reactor systems that produce fuel with 95% lower emissions than traditional jet fuel.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's Degree with 10+ years of experience designing and owning automation systems for continuous chemical or energy processes
- Strong foundation in control theory, process dynamics, multivariable interactions, and constraint management
- Practical experience with state estimation and inferential sensing
- Hands-on deployment of MPC or other model-based controllers on real industrial systems
- Expertise with PLC platforms and SCADA/HMI systems
- Deep experience with interlocks, permissives, safety logic, shutdowns, and high-temperature/high-pressure/flammable gas systems

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