# Staff Process Controls Engineer - Networking and Systems Administration

**Company:** [Mariana Minerals](https://zerogtalent.com/frontier-companies/mariana-minerals)
**Location:** San Francisco HQ
**Work mode:** On-site
**Seniority:** Senior
**Employment type:** Full Time
**Salary:** USD 150K–190K/yr
**Category:** Manufacturing
**Department:** Software
**Listed:** 2026-09-04

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## Job description

### **About Mariana Minerals**

Mariana Minerals is a software-first, vertically integrated minerals company on a mission to supply the critical minerals powering modern energy, AI, and defense technologies. We’re reimagining the minerals supply chain by combining deep industry expertise with advanced software, automation, and data-driven decision-making.

**Role Overview**

Mariana Minerals is looking for a highly motivated Controls Engineer to work on building the critical minerals supply chain.

As the I&C Engineer at Mariana Minerals, you will lead the development and deployment of first-of-its-kind chemical refining processes, while also playing a critical role in the development of software for capital project execution and automated plant optimization. Responsibilities will include leading equipment and plant-wide controls infrastructure scopes from concept through to design, installation, commissioning, ramp, and handover to the operations team, and supporting the buildout of an in-house engineering team.

  

**What You’ll Do**

-   Lead equipment scopes from concept and modeling validation, through procurement, engineering, fabrication, installation, commissioning, and ramp
    
-   Manage external equipment providers, technology licensors, and engineering companies to deliver fully integrated and functional mineral refining scopes
    
-   Drive cross-functional teams of lab technicians, pilot plant engineers, process engineers, and project engineers to lead the technical equipment scale-up and de-risk the commercialization of novel mineral refining processes
    
-   Support the hiring, mentorship, and day-to-day management of junior engineers
    
-   Lead selection, procurement, calibration, and installation of instruments, valves, and analyzers
    
-   Support development of machine learning applications with an emphasis on control and optimization of industrial facilities
    
-   Identify and support opportunities for the software and machine learning teams to automate capital project execution workflows and develop advanced plant control algorithms
    

  

**What You’ll Bring**

-   Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals and demonstrated ability to leverage the understanding to solve challenging problems
    

Experience with equipment engineering and design. Including but not limited to:

-   Brownfield equipment modifications and upgrades
    
-   Greenfield equipment design
    
-   Evaluation and optimization of operating equipment
    
-   Operations support
    

Strong I&C fundamentals

-   Minimum 7 years direct experience in networking and systems administration for control systems, including
    
-   Network architecture design, procurement, installation, and commissioning
    
-   Experience managing fiber installation
    
-   Expert-level knowledge in Ignition
    
-   Experience managing the plant network and interfacing securely with the business network
    
-   Review of P&IDs in the development of system architecture drawings
    
-   Experience with control system programming
    

Experience with the following industries and/or production environments:

-   Industrial manufacturing
    
-   Large-scale mining or mineral processing
    
-   Large-scale chemical production processes
    
-   Engineering, procurement, and construction firms
    
-   Experience with direct or indirect leadership of engineers and technicians
    
-   Experience with project management and execution of medium to large scale (>$5M) capital projects
    

### **Our culture is built on four principles:**

  

**Everyone Gets Home Safe.** We never put speed or cost ahead of people.

**Extreme Ownership.** We take full responsibility for outcomes, relentlessly driving toward solutions.

**Engineer Out Requirements, then Automate.** We simplify, optimize, and then automate for scale.

**Share Your Legos.** We collaborate openly, share knowledge, and empower each other to build bigger, better solutions.

  

**Join us as we build the future of responsible mineral sourcing and supply!**

## Other open roles at Mariana Minerals

- [Associate, Corporate Development](https://zerogtalent.com/frontier-jobs/mariana-minerals/associate-corporate-development-75cbda69-26a7-4596-9d80-419416cdebbd) — Houston, TX
- [Manager, Corporate Development](https://zerogtalent.com/frontier-jobs/mariana-minerals/manager-corporate-development-53447aaa-c7ce-439a-a0d1-1970dd34d4c3) — Houston, TX
- [Process Maintenance Technician](https://zerogtalent.com/frontier-jobs/mariana-minerals/process-maintenance-technician-73182332-04a0-4c7c-872c-79bae0bba21b) — Moab, UT
- [Maintenance Technician – Career Development Program](https://zerogtalent.com/frontier-jobs/mariana-minerals/maintenance-technician-career-development-program-5f2b9de4-f391-410f-a9df-1c16e671591d) — Moab, UT
- [Mobile Maintenance Supervisor](https://zerogtalent.com/frontier-jobs/mariana-minerals/mobile-maintenance-supervisor-053a699e-642c-4ebc-95ea-8630c69bc3b7) — Moab, UT

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