Senior Embedded Motor Control Engineer for Space Systems

Blue Origin; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 173,466 - 242,851; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Stock options

Paid time off

401(k) with match

Job summary

Blue Origin in Colorado (Denver) is seeking a Senior Motor Control Avionics Engineer to own the technical baseline for embedded motor controllers used across lunar vehicles and mechanisms. You will lead architecture decisions, define reusable controllers, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to meet performance, safety, and reliability goals.

The role involves hands‑on hardware bring‑up, lab debugging, verification planning, and guiding a multi‑disciplinary team through the product

Qualifications

• B.S. in electrical, aerospace, mechanical, computer engineering, or related field.
• Experience delivering motor control systems for stepper/BLDC actuators.
• Experience with embedded control electronics in high-reliability environments.
• Experience owning a technical baseline including requirements and verification.
• Hands-on lab experience with bring-up, integration, testing, and verification.
• Ability to debug electronics, firmware, sensors, actuators, and interfaces.
• Experience with fault-tolerant architectures and safety-critical design.
• Proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical baseline for embedded motor controllers across vehicles and mechanisms.
• Define reusable motor controller architectures for multiple mechanisms and missions.
• Collaborate with vehicle and subsystem teams on performance, safety, and integration requirements.
• Develop controller solutions spanning embedded processing, sensing, power electronics, and firmware for BLDC/stepper motors.
• Work in lab on bench bring-up, integration, and failure investigation.
• Debug hardware-software issues using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other lab equipment.
• Define interfaces between motor controllers, motors, sensors, and vehicle networks.
• Lead a multi-disciplinary team through concept to production transition.
• Drive design trades and decisions for performance, redundancy, and environmental robustness.
• Plan verification strategies, hardware bring-up, environmental tests, and qualification evidence.
• Review hardware designs and test results with electrical design engineers.
• Coordinate with systems, firmware, electrical, mechanical, safety, and manufacturing teams.
• Communicate status, risks, and trade decisions to stakeholders.
• Support technical reviews and ensure actions/risks are tracked.

Skills

Motor control systems

Embedded electronics

Technical leadership

Lab debugging

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Communication skills

Education

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

MS/PhD preferred

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Power supplies

DAQ systems

HIL/bench test setups

Job description

Blue Origin in Colorado (Denver) is seeking a Senior Motor Control Avionics Engineer to own the technical baseline for embedded motor controllers used across lunar vehicles and mechanisms. You will lead architecture decisions, define reusable controllers, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to meet performance, safety, and reliability goals.

The role involves hands‑on hardware bring‑up, lab debugging, verification planning, and guiding a multi‑disciplinary team through the product