Senior Space Motion Control Engineer

Blue Origin LLC; Longmont (CO); On-site; USD 111,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Stock options

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin in Colorado is seeking a technically brilliant engineer to develop and verify motion control systems for spaceflight hardware. You will design closed-loop control algorithms, simulate with MATLAB/Simulink, and verify with real-world tests, collaborating across disciplines to ensure performance and reliability.

The role emphasizes leadership, rigorous documentation, and hands-on testing in a challenging aerospace environment, with relocation support and travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited technical college or university and 5+ years of relevant work experience.
• In-depth understanding of motors, gearing, feedback & commutation sensors, and motion control methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience building and validating dynamic models and simulations of motion control systems in MATLAB/Simulink.
• Experience with control system design techniques (e.g., PID tuning, state-space control, frequency-domain analysis).
• 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

• Architect and develop closed-loop control systems and algorithms incorporating motors, sensors, structures and drive electronics
• Present technical content to customers and internal stakeholders
• Correlate model simulation with real world test results
• Troubleshoot and resolve system-level performance issues during development, integration, and test
• Generate technical documentation, including design reviews, test plans, and reports

Skills

Motors and motion control

MATLAB/Simulink simulations

Control system design (PID, state‑空间,)

Technical documentation

Customer presentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master's degree in Control Systems or Mechatronics

Tools

C/C++

HIL testing

Embedded control systems

Job description

Blue Origin in Colorado is seeking a technically brilliant engineer to develop and verify motion control systems for spaceflight hardware. You will design closed-loop control algorithms, simulate with MATLAB/Simulink, and verify with real-world tests, collaborating across disciplines to ensure performance and reliability.

The role emphasizes leadership, rigorous documentation, and hands-on testing in a challenging aerospace environment, with relocation support and travel as needed.