Senior Controls Integration Engineer - Spaceflight Systems

Blue Origin LLC; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) with company match

Parental leave

Stock options

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin LLC is seeking a Controls Integration Engineer to bring control algorithms onto avionics hardware and validate them on IHIL test environments. You will design, deploy, and tune real-time control systems for aerospace propulsion in a hands-on, collaborative setting.

Required are a B.S. in a STEM field, 5+ years of experience designing and operating complex aerospace test equipment, and U.S. citizenship or lawful status. Relocation assistance is provided.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Controls Engineering or related STEM field.
• 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience designing, building, commissioning, and/or operating complex aerospace or controls test equipment.
• Experience with data and control systems setup, operation, and data processing.

Responsibilities

• Integrate, deploy, and tune control algorithms and control laws onto controller electronics and avionics hardware.
• Design, build, and operate Integrated Hardware-in-the-Loop (IHIL) test environments.
• Bring up and troubleshoot real-time control surfaces, valves, actuators, and instrumentation.
• Integrate driver-level PLC and packaged control interfaces with system hardware.
• Lead test stations: gather requirements, design test cards, coordinate stakeholders, and generate test logs.
• Resolve anomalies across the controls/avionics/software boundary during development and integrated testing.
• Correlate observed hardware behavior against model predictions and feed results back to the controls team.
• Capture and share cross-program lessons learned to improve control system integration.

Skills

Control systems

Data processing

PLC & Modbus

HIL testing

MATLAB/Simulink

Education

B.S. in Aerospace/Mechanical/Electrical/Controls Engineering

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Speedgoat

PLC programming

Job description

Blue Origin LLC is seeking a Controls Integration Engineer to bring control algorithms onto avionics hardware and validate them on IHIL test environments. You will design, deploy, and tune real-time control systems for aerospace propulsion in a hands-on, collaborative setting.

Required are a B.S. in a STEM field, 5+ years of experience designing and operating complex aerospace test equipment, and U.S. citizenship or lawful status. Relocation assistance is provided.