Senior Automation Controls Engineer

Blue Origin; Hutto (TX); On-site; USD 151,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Stock options

Paid time off

Education support program

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking an Automation Controls Engineer to join its Factory Automation team. You will design, build, and deploy automated manufacturing controls, spanning R&D through commissioning across multiple facilities.

The role emphasizes first principles, deep engineering fundamentals, and ownership of the full project lifecycle. The position requires hands-on experience with PLC/HMI programming, safety systems design, and electrical drawings, plus a BS degree and at least four years in

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Controls, or related engineering field.
• Minimum 4 years of hands‑on experience developing or integrating industrial controls and automation systems, including PLC and HMI programming as core competencies
• Exposure to one or more industrial automation platforms such as robots, material handling systems (gantries, AGVs, conveyors), CNC machine integration, NDT, assembly, testing, or process tools (torque, welding, or similar)
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and review electrical and mechanical drawings
• Experience with industrial safety system design including functional safety devices, safety PLCs, and safety‑rated circuits

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with applications engineers on conceptual automated manufacturing equipment, contributing controls architecture input from concept through detailed design
• Design and support control system architectures including network topology, I/O distribution, safety systems, and communication protocols
• Participate in the industrial controls and electrical design of bespoke automation systems
• Apply engineering first principles to analyze system behavior,identifyroot causes, and develop technically sound solutions to novel automation challenges
• Develop offline simulations of automated systems tovalidatecontrol logic, robot paths, cycle times, and system behavior prior to hardware availability
• Support and execute online debugging and commissioning of PLC, HMI, robot, and similar industrial controls programs
• Integrate auxiliary equipment, machines, and tools into unified control systems
• Work with panel fabricators and field installation teams; provide technical support during system integration and commissioning
• Support and lead factory and site acceptance testing, and contribute to the build, installation, commissioning, and start-up of automated manufacturing systems
• Create controls documentation packages including sequence of operations, I/O lists, network diagrams, and program documentation

Skills

Industrial controls

PLC programming

HMI programming

Electrical drawings

Safety systems design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Controls, or related engineering

Tools

AutoCAD Electrical

EPLAN

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking an Automation Controls Engineer to join its Factory Automation team. You will design, build, and deploy automated manufacturing controls, spanning R&D through commissioning across multiple facilities.

The role emphasizes first principles, deep engineering fundamentals, and ownership of the full project lifecycle. The position requires hands-on experience with PLC/HMI programming, safety systems design, and electrical drawings, plus a BS degree and at least four years in