Senior Controls Engineer, Spacecraft Attitude Systems

Front Door Defense; Longmont, Northern (CO, KY); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer to lead the architecture, development, integration, and qualification of spacecraft attitude-control actuators and momentum-management systems. The role emphasizes Reaction Wheel Assemblies (RWAs), motor-control electronics, embedded flight software, FPGA development, and control algorithms.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years in reaction wheel systems for aerospace, with deep experience in controls modeling, motor drives, embedded systems, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Aerospace/Mechanical/Computer Engineering or related.
• 15+ years designing reaction wheel systems or related spacecraft actuators.
• Proven experience in control algorithms and real-time control systems.
• Extensive motor-control experience: PMSM/BLDC drives, FOC, SVPWM, current/torque control.
• Embedded systems design: hardware/software partitioning, timing, real-time execution.
• Experience with FPGA-based controls and embedded flight software development.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, requirements, design, integration, and qualification of reaction wheels and momentum-control systems.
• Develop and refine control algorithms for reaction wheel applications and safe-mode behaviors.
• Design motor-control solutions for spacecraft actuators and power electronics.
• Develop real-time embedded control architectures and determine hardware partitioning.
• Oversee FPGA design and verification for motor-control and actuator systems.
• Lead embedded flight software development, including health monitoring and telemetry.

Skills

Embedded control systems

FPGA development

Real-time software

MATLAB/Simulink

C/C++ for embedded

Motor-control drives

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Aerospace/Mechanical/Computer Engineering

Advanced degree in Electrical/Aerospace/Controls

Tools

VHDL/Verilog

FPGA development tools

TI DSP / ARM / Xilinx platforms

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer to lead the architecture, development, integration, and qualification of spacecraft attitude-control actuators and momentum-management systems. The role emphasizes Reaction Wheel Assemblies (RWAs), motor-control electronics, embedded flight software, FPGA development, and control algorithms.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years in reaction wheel systems for aerospace, with deep experience in controls modeling, motor drives, embedded systems, and