Senior Factory Automation Controls Engineer — End-to-End

Blue Origin; Hutto (TX); On-site; USD 182,000 - 254,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Parental Leave

PTO & Holidays

401(k)

Education Support

Stock Options

Job summary

Blue Origin's Factory Automation team is seeking an Automation Controls Engineer to own end-to-end control system architectures, offline simulations, and online commissioning across manufacturing lines. You will collaborate with applications engineers and panel fabricators, guiding PLC/HMI programming, safety systems, and multi‑platform communications.

This role emphasizes hands-on design, development from concept to production ramp-up, and delivering documented control packages while aligning

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Controls, or related engineering field
• Minimum 6 years of hands‑on experience developing and integrating industrial controls and automation systems from scratch - including PLC and HMI programming as core competencies, control system architecture design (network topology, I/O distribution, safety systems, multi-platform communication protocols)
• 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
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with applications engineers in the development of conceptual automated manufacturing equipment, providing controls architecture input and feedback from concept through detailed design
• Design control system architectures including network topology, I/O distribution, safety systems, and communication protocols
• Lead industrial controls and electrical design of bespoke automation systems
• Develop offline simulations of automated systems - ranging from discrete work cells to fully automated product lines - tovalidatecontrol logic, robot paths, cycle times, and system behavior from concept through final design, including pre-programming and virtual commissioning prior to hardware availability
• Transition from offline development to online debugging and commissioning of PLC, HMI, robot, and similar industrial controls programs from scratch
• 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
• Lead factory and site acceptance testing
• Lead the build, installation, commissioning, and start-up of automated manufacturing systems
• Create and deliver controls documentation packages including sequence of operations, I/O lists, network diagrams, and program documentation

Job description

Blue Origin's Factory Automation team is seeking an Automation Controls Engineer to own end-to-end control system architectures, offline simulations, and online commissioning across manufacturing lines. You will collaborate with applications engineers and panel fabricators, guiding PLC/HMI programming, safety systems, and multi‑platform communications.

This role emphasizes hands-on design, development from concept to production ramp-up, and delivering documented control packages while aligning