Embedded Motion Control Engineer - Equity & Flexible PTO

Salient Motion, Inc.; Torrance, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Flexible PTO

401K

Equity

Job summary

Salient Motion, Inc. in Torrance, CA is hiring an entry-level Motion Control Engineer to design and maintain embedded firmware for motion control and motor drive products.

This role emphasizes a strong software foundation and growth into motor control and control-loop design within a fast-paced aerospace environment. You will collaborate with experienced controls and firmware engineers, translating concepts into robust, production-ready code and contributing to firmware verification, test plans,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in EE, CE, CS or related field.
• 2–4 years embedded firmware experience in motion control.
• Strong C programming and firmware architecture fundamentals.
• Experience with microcontrollers, interrupts, timers, and comms (SPI, I2C, UART, CAN).
• Git and collaborative software 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

Embedded firmware

C programming

Version control (Git)

Debugging

Real-time systems

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or CS

Tools

FreeRTOS

ThreadX

Simulink/Embedded Coder

Job description

Salient Motion, Inc. in Torrance, CA is hiring an entry-level Motion Control Engineer to design and maintain embedded firmware for motion control and motor drive products.

This role emphasizes a strong software foundation and growth into motor control and control-loop design within a fast-paced aerospace environment. You will collaborate with experienced controls and firmware engineers, translating concepts into robust, production-ready code and contributing to firmware verification, test plans,