Aerospace Motion Control Engineer — Embedded C Specialist

Cantos Ventures; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity

Health insurance

Flexible PTO

401(k)

Job summary

Cantos Ventures in Torrance, CA is hiring an entry-level Motion Control Engineer to help build and maintain embedded firmware powering our motion control products. You will work from a strong C foundation and grow into motor control concepts in a fast-paced aerospace environment.

You'll collaborate with senior engineers, participate in code reviews, and help bring-up hardware in the lab while contributing to robust, production-quality firmware and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 2-4 years of professional experience in embedded firmware development related to Motion Control.
• Strong proficiency in C, with a solid grasp of firmware/software architecture principles.
• Familiarity with embedded systems fundamentals: microcontrollers, interrupts, timers, and communication protocols (SPI, I2C, UART, CAN).
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and collaborative software development workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain embedded firmware for motion control and motor drive products, primarily in C.
• Contribute to system architecture decisions for control firmware modules, with an eye toward maintainability, testability, and real-time performance.
• Translate control algorithms into well-structured, production-quality firmware, working closely with senior engineering staff.
• Participate in code reviews, static analysis, and unit/integration testing to uphold firmware quality standards.
• Support bring-up, debug, and validation of control firmware on hardware in the lab.
• Document firmware architecture, module interfaces, and design decisions.
• Assist in specifying and executing firmware verification test plans.

Skills

C programming

Embedded firmware

Motion control

Problem solving

Git

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

RTOS (FreeRTOS/ThreadX)

Git

Job description

Cantos Ventures in Torrance, CA is hiring an entry-level Motion Control Engineer to help build and maintain embedded firmware powering our motion control products. You will work from a strong C foundation and grow into motor control concepts in a fast-paced aerospace environment.

You'll collaborate with senior engineers, participate in code reviews, and help bring-up hardware in the lab while contributing to robust, production-quality firmware and documentation.